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- Dec 16, 2017
I was having an interesting conversation with a friend via text on the docility of Canadians. He's not convinced that us Leaf will ever rise up, but I believe that it is still a possibility. Our current managerial state only has a veneer of legitimacy so long as they can maintain the illusion of prosperity and stability--usually through panem et circenses. Civility is a luxury that you can afford when you can pay the mortgage and grocery bills with enough left over for your smartphone and internet connection. Cracks are beginning to show in the facade now that standard (and dare I say quality) of living is in decline. Mass migration has caused wage suppression, made affordable housing all but impossible, and pushed our welfare state to the breaking point. Crime is shooting up with law enforcement and the courts being worse than useless. We see increased homelessness and open drug use in the streets with so-called "experts" making our problems worse. This country is a pressure cooker waiting to explode.
However, I am not under the delusion that things will get better. This country is screwed beyond redemption
as is the rest of the world. Like my friend said, Trudeau and his cronies gamed the system to amass sizable fortunes for themselves. The Boomers similarly gamed the post-war order to amass sizable assets and accumulate debts that their descendants (of whom they left only the scraps) will be paying off in more than money. My view is that we are caught in a cycle as many nations and empires fell throughout the whole of human history from the Bronze Age civilizations to the Roman Republic/Empire to countless Chinese dynasties to the Soviet bloc. We are likely seeing the end of the post-World War II order that has been on life support for that last decade or two decades and is liable to flatline in the near future.
One horrifying truth I have come to realize is that living in current year Canada has become a soul-crushing experience. We have effectively turned our back on our history and traditions to embrace a culture of decadent and hedonistic nihilism where deferred gratification is an alien concept. People used to build cathedrals in medieval Europe knowing that they would never live to witness their completion whereas postmodern humanity is looking for a fleeting dopamine hit by acting indignant over the cause du jour. Meanwhile, industrialization and post-modernism reduced humans to mere cogs in a machine. No longer are we considered unique beings with out own thoughts and feelings, but economics units for an indifferent bureaucracy to exploit as it sees fit.
Call me optimistic, but I think some Leafs are catching on to how contrived and artificial the world presented to us truly is. Predicting the future is betting against God so I cannot tell what is going to happen in the coming decades though it is possible to extrapolate from what we know from history. While I remain pessimistic about the future, I find some odd solace in knowing that perhaps this is the natural course of events. Sometimes a fire is necessary to clear all the dead wood and old growth so that new life can flourish We just had the misfortunate to live in these hard times.
My apologies for if I sound semi-coherent. I've been trying to organize my thoughts for weeks now and this was the first time something gelled.
However, I am not under the delusion that things will get better. This country is screwed beyond redemption
as is the rest of the world. Like my friend said, Trudeau and his cronies gamed the system to amass sizable fortunes for themselves. The Boomers similarly gamed the post-war order to amass sizable assets and accumulate debts that their descendants (of whom they left only the scraps) will be paying off in more than money. My view is that we are caught in a cycle as many nations and empires fell throughout the whole of human history from the Bronze Age civilizations to the Roman Republic/Empire to countless Chinese dynasties to the Soviet bloc. We are likely seeing the end of the post-World War II order that has been on life support for that last decade or two decades and is liable to flatline in the near future.
One horrifying truth I have come to realize is that living in current year Canada has become a soul-crushing experience. We have effectively turned our back on our history and traditions to embrace a culture of decadent and hedonistic nihilism where deferred gratification is an alien concept. People used to build cathedrals in medieval Europe knowing that they would never live to witness their completion whereas postmodern humanity is looking for a fleeting dopamine hit by acting indignant over the cause du jour. Meanwhile, industrialization and post-modernism reduced humans to mere cogs in a machine. No longer are we considered unique beings with out own thoughts and feelings, but economics units for an indifferent bureaucracy to exploit as it sees fit.
Call me optimistic, but I think some Leafs are catching on to how contrived and artificial the world presented to us truly is. Predicting the future is betting against God so I cannot tell what is going to happen in the coming decades though it is possible to extrapolate from what we know from history. While I remain pessimistic about the future, I find some odd solace in knowing that perhaps this is the natural course of events. Sometimes a fire is necessary to clear all the dead wood and old growth so that new life can flourish We just had the misfortunate to live in these hard times.
My apologies for if I sound semi-coherent. I've been trying to organize my thoughts for weeks now and this was the first time something gelled.
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