Fascism

[Owen Byrne]

Well I think I brought the word into the thread, _but_ by referencing an
American
(Paul Krugman) writing in an American newspaper. Concerning Canada, while
everything
degenerated into tit-for-tat, I did not mean originally to suggest that the
United State's
problems are worse (define "worse") than Canada's. In fact I'll be happy to
rail on and on
about Canada's one party state, but I doubt anyone here would want to hear
it.
If anyone does want to criticize Canada's politics, I'll probably join in,
and perhaps suggest
that tit-for-tat between nations is pointless because they're all corrupt
and determined
to stamp out democracy anywhere on the planet if someone will make a payment
to
their reelection/retirement fund. And anyway, any political discussion I've
had about Canada
always ends up being about US politics, because much as we try to steer our
own way,
the old "When the elephant catches a cold..." adage still applies. Last
night on the CBC
news, just for reference, I noticed that the first 4 items had to do with
US-Canada relations.

Perhaps MS is under the "threat of punishment" for years because they've
been pushing the limits
for years. And it looks like "threat" is as far as its going to get.
Owen



> I think that Americans would be happy to admit that there is some bad
> shit happening under the current administration, as there have been
> under administrations around the world, past and present. Government and
> business are still far enough apart in America that the most successful
> American company has been subject to constant harassment and the threat
> of punishment for years. America's corporatism problem is no worse than
> the problems that affect other countries around the world. For instance,
> Canada has been a one-party state for several years now. It isn't
> surprising that Americans take it personally when you act as if their
> problems are so much worse.
>
>  Paul Prescod
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