I may not have been fully clear. You are right people in both parties are struggling. My argument is those more rational people are better positioned to handle adversity so they're still using all their options when drawing their political decisions.
That said, it may sound compassionate but I don't necessarily practice what I preached there all the time. I think the people with "Fuck Trudeau" stickers are fucking morons.
And that's where I disagree. I don't think they're stupid. I think they aren't coping and because of all the stress and hatred in them it's affecting their ability to think critically. People are not dumb. Decades of stress around food, job, health, etc security have negatively impacted people's ability to make adult decisions.
Speaking as another older adult in Canada and witnessing the slide in both countries my controversial opinion is it's not about politics at all. Politics are simply a symptom of an underlying problem with the society we have built.
What you're seeing is classic behaviour of when a person is unheard, stressed and angry. It is scientifically proven when you experience those struggles you are less likely to think clearly and what options you have become limited. You start looking at every problem like a nail and you're a hammer.
Individually we all deal with adversity different and I'd argue one party is heavily weighed with those who struggle with dealing with the adversity meanwhile since the 60's governments have been doing nothing to improve life and lessen the adversity people deal with.
Then you have all those people struggling... And you throw in predators taking advantage of them, feeding into their struggles and weaponizing them.
At some point we all need to acknowledge we can't fix this overnight and these people for the most part aren't crazy. They're you just a few medical bills behind or a few months laid off from your job. Hurt people hurt people.
Oh god and they find out it was a new couch and JD has a thing for underage settees
Even better it was the bastion of objective Journalism the Associated Press (AP). They took it down because they can't prove he didn't fuck a couch.
Edit - I love this because it's the same as the old "Did Glenn Beck rape and murder a girl in 1990?". He's never come out to say he didn't.
Takes one apartheid asshole to recognize another eh? Lol
Canada is a mosaic. America is a meting pot.
Read John Rolston-Saul. He's been very thorough explaining this. He puts a lot of it on the history of our country. Unlike America, Canada is a network of lakes and rivers. You can't just ride a horse from A to B you will need to Portage. This meant the early settlers had no choice but to work with the indigenous peoples on the land as it was so foreign to the lands in Europe or America.
I think this is a uniquely American experience tbh. In Canada people have no problem being asked their background and I'm sure the same could be said in other countries.
To your point, race in America has been intentionally weaponized.
Ok as a non-racist white dude but I grew up in a small town and will admit to ignorance. I don't get the problem here.
I don't care where you're from I will ask your background it's more how you ask. I work with lots of people all over the world and I love learning about new cultures. If you're black maybe you're Nigerian or Kenyan. I don't fucking know the difference I just hear a weird accent so I get curious.
Now the rub to me is how you ask and are you being sincere. Let's stop demonizing people for innocently asking "so where are you from?"
For context I live in Toronto so very, very multicultural. I have friends from every background, but why hide wanting to expand your knowledge?
I wonder if part of the American problem is the fact that they continue to not come to terms with the fact that they're racist AF?
I'm genuinely curious.
Lovecraft country was so good. Shame about majors.
I will argue though what I love about Lovecraft country is probably not what most people did.
Omg when he was introduced to America my fist thought was "is this dude wearing makeup?".