Read: It would theoretically be salvageable, but under Trump/the Republicans and Biden/the Dems, it won't be.

We had one shot to do it right like China did (Who have been pretty much actually back to normal for months now), but our government on both a federal and state level have just absolutely, royally fucked it all up. Mainly because they were/are too much of greedy, stingy, capitalist assholes to give people the aid they need so that their lives aren't completely destroyed.

After 8 months of annoying-ass variable on/off lockdowns (Instead of doing 1 sustained national lockdown at the beginning), the public will to continue has overall been destroyed, and it ain't comin' back.

  • sexywheat [none/use name]
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    4 years ago

    Yeah the Maritimes have done great, and I heard they have an agreement with Cuba to open up resorts to ONLY Atlantic Canadians which is fucking rad.

    My biggest personal gripe with the BC NDP is the LNG project which makes a pathetic mockery of their entire climate change plan. They'll take their new majority government and probably do literally nothing with it, with the exception of paltry, mediocre improvements to the minimum wage that will be made irrelevant due to inflation by the time they are implemented.

    If they can work up the courage to pass card check my feelings toward them will improve significantly but I have a feeling they're not going to want to piss off the small business community that much.

    The old guard cabal of BC NDP that has been leading the party for my entire lifetime needs to fucking go and be replaced with new blood, young people with skin in the game.

    • T_Doug [he/him]
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      4 years ago

      Yeah, I'll be interested to see what they do now that they don't have the Greens to blame for not passing progressive policies. I think NZ Labour is in roughly the same position for what it's worth.

      • Mardoniush [she/her]
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        4 years ago

        Arden seems to be cutting a deal with the Greens even though she doesn't need to. She'll give them a few scraps and then use that as an excuse.

        • T_Doug [he/him]
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          4 years ago

          I was speaking more towards NZ First, my understanding of Kiwi Politics is not great but I thought that the Greens were the more "left" option in comparison to Labour (at least since Roger Douglas)

          • Mardoniush [she/her]
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            4 years ago

            Yeah, they are. Like in Australia, the Labour/Labor plan is to offer a few progressive policies that the Greens support and then go "We've already made the compromise with the left, we can't do more, it's not practical and you're all purists."

            Which I guess is better than the US approach of "You lose! Good day sir!"