(Part 2) Top products from r/canada

> I have a huge issue with saputo being one of Canada's richest men in an Industry protected by government that screws over the public daily. If you want government regulated profits expect the government to regulate your pay


Then you should start learning about how the world has always worked.

Protectionism for the rich and big business by state intervention, radical market interference.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WHj2GaPuEhY#t=349

Testing theories of representative government

https://scholar.princeton.edu/sites/default/files/mgilens/files/gilens_and_page_2014_-testing_theories_of_american_politics.doc.pdf

"Intended as an internal document. Good reading to understand the nature of rich democracies and the fact that the common people are not allowed to play a role."

Crisis of democracy

http://trilateral.org/download/doc/crisis_of_democracy.pdf

http://www.amazon.com/Crisis-Democracy-Governability-democracies-Trilateral/dp/0814713653/

Some history on US imperialism by us corporations.

https://kurukshetra1.wordpress.com/2015/09/27/a-brief-history-of-imperialism-and-state-violence-in-colombia/

Energy subsidies

https://www.imf.org/external/pubs/ft/survey/so/2015/NEW070215A.htm

Interference in other states when the rich/corporations dont get their way

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8mxp_wgFWQo&feature=youtu.be&list=PLKR2GeygdHomOZeVKx3P0fqH58T3VghOj&t=724

Manufacturing consent:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KwU56Rv0OXM

https://vimeo.com/39566117

Impressive memorial with an interesting history in its own right. If anyone is interested in the role Vimmy Ridge has played in informing Canadian history, culture, and identity, I recommend Death So Noble, by Jonathon Vance. It's an interesting examination of how myth-making works. It examines how Vimmy Ridge came to mean so much to Canadians. It really wasn't because Vimmy Ridge was an important or decisive battle.

Say what you will about Ezra Levant, he is a dedicated fighter for the freedom of speech in the country. He potentially is risking his life for it. And it's cost him a ton of money. He wrote a book about that Human Rights Tribunal called Shake Down ( check it out from [amazon] (http://www.amazon.ca/Shakedown-Government-Undermining-Democracy-Rights/dp/0771046197/ref=sr_1_2?ie=UTF8&qid=1420732318&sr=8-2&keywords=ezra+levant).

I might not agree with everything he says, but he is smart and entertaining.

Yes. If you are interested in reading about how it happened read Party of One

Basically back in the day there were two conservative parties. One was more extreme than the other. They used to split the right wing vote and would allow the liberals to power through the left wing split. Then the progressive conservatives and the reformers merged. The progressive conservatives got no power in the new party. The party run's center right but asks and they believe. It has been a perfect storm for the conservatives because while they were merging and getting stronger the liberals were messing up at the same time. The liberals were in power for a decade and had gone through the sponsorship scandal and they had lost the confidence of the electorate. While at the same time they had an internal power struggle between Martin and Chrétien.

Eventually the conservatives got a minority didn't do anything too crazy except be found in contempt of parliament. Meanwhile, the liberals tried to find a new leader. The conservatives eventually got a majority and started creating what you see now. The liberals have settled on Trudeau and it has been enough to pull them ahead in the polls but even that bump seems to be fading.

Losing Confidence: Power, Politics And The Crisis In Canadian Democracy.

It really was a good read. It's what made me start thinking of the Greens as a legitimate party (and one that I'd like to have a few seats)

I haven't read this, but I have read other Wil Ferguson books, and they were excellent. I'm therefore assuming this is too: http://www.amazon.ca/Canadian-History-Dummies-Will-Ferguson/dp/0470836563/ref=sr_1_4?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1268672449&sr=1-4

Note: I am not trying to imply you are a dummie.

http://www.amazon.com/Stupid-Last-Drop-Environmental-Armageddon/dp/0676979149/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1323489804&sr=1-1

Great book on the history of Alberta Oil.

I have not read it, but Greg Malone's book is supposed to be good ...

https://www.amazon.ca/Dont-Tell-Newfoundlanders-Newfoundlands-Confederation/dp/0307401332

If you're looking for more information on Harper and his government, a good book to read is Harperland: The Politics of Control by Lawrence Martin.

Elizabeth May's (the leader of the Green party) book Losing Confidence: Power, Politics, and the Crisis in Canadian Democracy also provides some insight and information about Harper's government.

We had to read both books as part of my poli sci class on contemporary Canadian politics last year, and I found both to be interesting and insightful.

This is an excellent read.

https://www.amazon.ca/Coddling-American-Mind-Intentions-Generation/dp/0735224897

https://www.amazon.ca/Canadian-History-Dummies-Will-Ferguson/dp/0470836563

Don't let the format throw you off, Will Ferguson is a fantastic writer.

> Maybe the laws of nature just don’t allow for industrial efficiency principles to be applied to living beings.

Or maybe nature has been evolving epidemics ever since the neolithic revolution.

Read Coddling of the American Mind and get back to me. The universities have been historically left leaning but recently they have become echo chambers. Intentionally or not, they are taught to further their cause rather than try to find the truth. This is not your grandpa's civil rights movement, it is a trojan horse.

Get the book "Dont Tell the Newfoundlanders". It discusses how Newfoundland was treated like a playing chip by the Brits and the crooked politics that took place in her joining Canada. It is extremely thorough. If you are a newfoundlander, your blood may boil while reading it.

https://www.amazon.ca/Dont-Tell-Newfoundlanders-Newfoundlands-Confederation/dp/0307401332

> Unions are a way for workers to collectively bargain against an organization that has an unreasonable degree of bargaining power when suited against individual workers. That being said certain employees have the same type of disproportionate power.

Uhh you don't know much history... we have no representation in government if you go by the science.
Our politics is fake. The vast majority of the electorate is not living in reality because of mass indoctrination. First, our brains are much worse at reality and thinking than thought. AKA we can be manipulated to believe things against our interest. Science on reasoning:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PYmi0DLzBdQ

Overthrowing other peoples governments

http://williamblum.org/essays/read/overthrowing-other-peoples-governments-the-master-list

Protectionism for the rich and big business by state intervention, radical market interference.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WHj2GaPuEhY#t=349

Energy subsidies

https://www.imf.org/external/pubs/ft/survey/so/2015/NEW070215A.htm

"Intended as an internal document. Good reading to understand the nature of rich democracies and the fact that the common people are not allowed to play a role."

Crisis of democracy

http://trilateral.org/download/doc/crisis_of_democracy.pdf

http://www.amazon.com/Crisis-Democracy-Governability-Democracies-Trilateral/dp/0814713653/

Democracy Inc.

http://www.amazon.com/Democracy-Incorporated-Managed-Inverted-Totalitarianism/dp/069114589X/

Testing theories of representative government

https://scholar.princeton.edu/sites/default/files/mgilens/files/gilens_and_page_2014_-testing_theories_of_american_politics.doc.pdf

The fact white people took over was basically chance. You should read the book Guns, Germs and Steel.

If you want to see the "other side of the coin", so to speak and dive into the dark shameful past, there's the excellent The Black Book of English Canada

Everyone says it, but there's a huge industry in keeping things just as they are while complaining about it.

https://www.thestar.com/news/insight/2009/04/25/exposing_the_aboriginal_industry.html

https://www.amazon.ca/Disrobing-Aboriginal-Industry-Indigenous-Preservation/dp/0773534210

Read this article particularly the fourth and fifth questions. If you want more details, take a look at Ezra Levant's book.

Yes. It's a real disaster. Pick up a copy of Ezra Levant's Shakedown. This otherwise pompous right-wing blowhard looks like a saint when he runs up against the Human Rights Tribunals' thought police.

CBC's on a roll today.

There are two sides to every story, at least two. Here's some literature by academics describing the other side.

http://www.amazon.ca/First-Nations-Second-Thoughts-Edition/dp/077353444X

http://www.amazon.ca/Disrobing-Aboriginal-Industry-Indigenous-Preservation/dp/0773534210/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1426079260&sr=1-1&keywords=disrobing+the+aboriginal+industry

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/October_Crisis

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_controversies_involving_the_Royal_Canadian_Mounted_Police#Theft_of_dynamite

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_controversies_involving_the_Royal_Canadian_Mounted_Police#Break-ins_and_bombing

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_controversies_involving_the_Royal_Canadian_Mounted_Police#Barn-burning_scandal

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Constitution_Act,_1982

https://www.amazon.ca/Black-Book-English-Canada/dp/077102259X

https://imgflip.com/s/meme/Sexy-Railroad-Spiderman.jpg

The answers are right here

People to actually read some economics books before they form their own opinion.

https://www.amazon.com/Basic-Economics-Thomas-Sowell/dp/0465060730

Here's a start.

https://www.amazon.ca/Machinery-Freedom-Guide-Radical-Capitalism/dp/0812690699

> https://www.amazon.ca/Machinery-Freedom-Guide-Radical-Capitalism/dp/0812690699

I've listen to enough Milton Friedman, and Friedrich Hayek to get a grasp of what they'll say. The guy will probably just want to plus one them and then go through this whole rigmarole as to how he plans to enforce private property rights without having some quasi feudalist control by societies elites, or some strange communal enforcement.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7Pq-S557XQU

http://www.amazon.ca/The-End-Work-Decline-Post-Market/dp/0874778247

http://www.amazon.ca/The-Lights-Tunnel-Automation-Accelerating/dp/1448659817

Its really too wide of a concept to provide evidence for in a simple fashion. At the same time it's easy enough to say that large sectors of the economy will be massively downsizing their human resource component while still meeting demand, while other sectors that are also currently meeting all demand don't need more people. Unless some magic new sector comes along to employ people in a way that robots or software can't accomplish, there will be massive structural unemployment.

As much as I loathe his politics, Ezra Levant's Shakedown: How Our Government is Undermining Democracy in the Name of Human Rights is well worth the read. Most of the cases he references have their records available online so you can wade through the mud yourself, but the book does a good job of collecting a lot of troubling material in one place, if you can stomach a little bit of self-aggrandizement.

I had to stop reading "Party of One" because of how depressing it was to realize just how maniacal and well planned Stephen Harper is to create the Canada he wants. It reads like a blueprint by a master criminal.

Once Harper is out of power I'll return and finish reading the book.

Again with the personal attacks....the common unrest of an oppressed people is a rather simplified outlook is it not?

I can easily point you in a direction to further your viewpoint and form and actual solid argument, perhaps ex-Canadian Brzezinski's book the Grand Chessboard, http://www.amazon.com/Grand-Chessboard-American-Geostrategic-Imperatives/dp/0465027261

Or maybe formar NATO commender, general, Rhodes Scholar and presidential Candidate Wesley Clark,
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cUhlFO5qjVE


Saying I'm a nut job is hardly respectful, would you also say the same about Allende in Chile, Iran-Contra, Gulf of Tonkin, Venezuelan coup of 2002,

oh right the following is all a conspiracy for nuts...
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Covert_United_States_foreign_regime_change_actions

Heres an explanation why Trudeau’s economic policy is destroying the economy: https://www.amazon.com/Basic-Economics-Thomas-Sowell/dp/0465060730/ref=la_B000APQ7EI_1_2/141-0036348-7831353?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1526004973&sr=1-2

harper is such a fucking sack of shit. i recently bought Harperland to try to get the guy more, you know, maybe he's not the beast people claim him to be. nope. i can't fucking believe we gave this asshole a majority.

The book "Stupid to the last drop" as a really good chapter about this. It was insane that they even ever considered it.
http://www.amazon.ca/Stupid-Last-Drop-Environmental-Armageddon/dp/0676979149/ref=sr_1_2?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1335570182&sr=1-2

You should read Jeff Simpson's The Friendly Dictatorship for a perspective of Canadian politics under Chretien.

From Amazon...

"what he[Jeff Simpson] sees as the central problem with Canadian democracy: that, due to a combination of voter apathy, media manipulation, a faulty political system, and internal wrangling within opposition parties, the Chretien government has been allowed uncontested access to the leadership of the country. The checks and balances that might hold the government accountable are useless. Question Period in the House of Commons, for instance, "is political theatre" in a manner that, as presented by nightly newscasts, "suggests that otherwise normal people, upon becoming politicians, shout and holler and otherwise make such fools of themselves." While the Conservatives fight amongst themselves, thereby effectively eliminating any chance at consolidating the country's right, the labour-minded NDP has been completely at a loss"

Sound familiar?

http://www.amazon.ca/Friendly-Dictatorship-Jeffrey-Simpson/dp/0771080786

Death So Noble by Jonathon Vance. It's a really illuminating look into how collective memory works, how Canadians remember their own history, and how they choose to teach it and why. As a Canadian, I'm sure you remember how much World War I was talked about in history class. How much emphasis was placed on our identity being forged in its fires. This book explains why that was so important to the public at large. Why Canadians viewed their experience in the war the way they did. And how Canadians chose to remember World War I.