The Canadian dream is more of a nightmare these days. Good people are leaving if they can. Others are falling through the cracks in a slow erosion of health and wealth. We are full of ideology and woke ideas of privilege and virtue.
I still hear people say Canada is the greatest country in the world, but they can't see what is going to happen. They don't want to know about the fragile economy, the broken institutions and infrastructure, the insidious move towards tyranny and totalitarianism. Too many listen to media designed to deceive and manipulate, and are willfully blind to the dire situation. They won't be ready for what's coming I'm afraid and won't understand their part in it.
The problem with the current status quo is that building things (both physically and economically) has dropped off the aspirations of the last few generations.
Expectations are now, "I want it, so it will happen." If you get a degree in whatever you want, the jobs will just follow. If you turn the camera on and record yourself, you will become an internet sensation. When it doesn't happen, it's not your fault. It's the rich people holding you back.
Compound that with being able to self select news and media that is tailored to your own beliefs. Realize that the majority of people's news consumption consists of watching comedians and feeling smugly informed. Which side of the political spectrum you are on, it is just a different comedian people turn to depending on their political persuasion.
We have people that are living in a fantasy world of their own creation. It has only gotten worse as the internet has brought fringe groups together and given them a false idea of the popularity of their beliefs. You can have a million people that agree with you and that feels like the majority when in fact it is 0.012% of the world population.
AI is not the answer, I fear it will be a much greater problem for everyone concerned. People are focused on the money and opportunities it will create.... for those who already have them. The little guy will be left by the side of the road. People have lost their ballast, they don't know what's really important. All the virtues have seemed to have disappeared...and money worship is the only thing left.
I retired 3 years ago at 58……30 years of work was enough to provide a livable pension once my mortgage was paid off…..in other words I worked hard for decades, contributed to a pension, paid my bills and got out still young enough to enjoy life (life and work life are not the same)
I know this is selfish but I want to wait until 65 to collect CPP so I hope they don’t start fucking with it before I can start getting some of what I contributed back, I know too many people that died before they could collect a penny and all their survivors got was $2500 for funeral expenses.
The Canadian dream is more of a nightmare these days. Good people are leaving if they can. Others are falling through the cracks in a slow erosion of health and wealth. We are full of ideology and woke ideas of privilege and virtue.
I still hear people say Canada is the greatest country in the world, but they can't see what is going to happen. They don't want to know about the fragile economy, the broken institutions and infrastructure, the insidious move towards tyranny and totalitarianism. Too many listen to media designed to deceive and manipulate, and are willfully blind to the dire situation. They won't be ready for what's coming I'm afraid and won't understand their part in it.
You are so right. It’s a sad reality.
It won't change until people do.
The problem with the current status quo is that building things (both physically and economically) has dropped off the aspirations of the last few generations.
Expectations are now, "I want it, so it will happen." If you get a degree in whatever you want, the jobs will just follow. If you turn the camera on and record yourself, you will become an internet sensation. When it doesn't happen, it's not your fault. It's the rich people holding you back.
Compound that with being able to self select news and media that is tailored to your own beliefs. Realize that the majority of people's news consumption consists of watching comedians and feeling smugly informed. Which side of the political spectrum you are on, it is just a different comedian people turn to depending on their political persuasion.
We have people that are living in a fantasy world of their own creation. It has only gotten worse as the internet has brought fringe groups together and given them a false idea of the popularity of their beliefs. You can have a million people that agree with you and that feels like the majority when in fact it is 0.012% of the world population.
AI is not the answer, I fear it will be a much greater problem for everyone concerned. People are focused on the money and opportunities it will create.... for those who already have them. The little guy will be left by the side of the road. People have lost their ballast, they don't know what's really important. All the virtues have seemed to have disappeared...and money worship is the only thing left.
I retired 3 years ago at 58……30 years of work was enough to provide a livable pension once my mortgage was paid off…..in other words I worked hard for decades, contributed to a pension, paid my bills and got out still young enough to enjoy life (life and work life are not the same)
I know this is selfish but I want to wait until 65 to collect CPP so I hope they don’t start fucking with it before I can start getting some of what I contributed back, I know too many people that died before they could collect a penny and all their survivors got was $2500 for funeral expenses.