You kidding? Trudeau would have gone out there and genuflected. He literally did that a little while before the trucker protests when BLM was protesting.
They were shutting down people's access to bank accounts if they were caught donating to the trucker convoy, so by that point other than handing cash to people there wasn't much that could be done.
What happened during that protest was a gross violation of human rights. They threatened to take away business licenses, to take away people's kids, to take away people's pets. The press (the public sector news making a billion dollars per year and the private sector news getting millions of dollars per year in government payola) was playing defamatory stories that didn't reflect reality on the ground at the direction of their government masters.
Ultimately it doesn't matter whether you agreed that covid restrictions should be eased in March instead of October (ultimately what the protest turned out to be about). Anybody who believes in Liberty should see what happened during those protests and be scared as hell because maybe the government agrees with you today, but tomorrow they probably won't, and all of those terrible things will be used against you.
What happened during that protest was a gross violation of human rights. They threatened to take away business licenses, to take away people's kids, to take away people's pets. The press (the public sector news making a billion dollars per year and the private sector news getting millions of dollars per year in government payola) was playing defamatory stories that didn't reflect reality on the ground at the direction of their government masters.
Ultimately it doesn't matter whether you agreed that covid restrictions should be eased in March instead of October (ultimately what the protest turned out to be about). Anybody who believes in Liberty should see what happened during those protests and be scared as hell because maybe the government agrees with you today, but tomorrow they probably won't, and all of those terrible things will be used against you.
Canada actually has something like that, and it's great -- Interac e-transfers. People can send a transfer to an email address or cell phone number, and the money is sent immediately. Many micro businesses exclusively use it
just another example of "the man" trying to keep us down by limiting our access to flashlight technology!
I'm happy that liberapay seems to work and acts as an impartial sender of cash to people who deserve it.
But we always need to remember the story of Dick Masterson's newproject2. He's just a comedian from L.A. and he created a patreon alternative that hosted politically sensitive people, and suddenly he's not allowed to process credit cards under the USAPATRIOT act.
Anything we build is one half step away from being regulated out of existence for no good reason.
But we always need to remember the story of Dick Masterson's newproject2. He's just a comedian from L.A. and he created a patreon alternative that hosted politically sensitive people, and suddenly he's not allowed to process credit cards under the USAPATRIOT act.
Anything we build is one half step away from being regulated out of existence for no good reason.
Don't know much about the rest, but the podcast of the lotus eaters is unironically fantastic.
It's hilarious seeing all these state funded broadcasters having a temper tantrum after being labelled the thing they are.
The CBC receives 1.2 billion dollars per year in federal funding, making up 70% of its total budget. They know full well that the Conservative Party of Canada has them in their crosshairs, so they have every reason to back the Liberal Party of Canada that currently has minority powers (made into a de facto majority by the pomeranian lapdogs of the NDP sitting in their purse) because the party ends the moment this government ends.
The CBC receives 1.2 billion dollars per year in federal funding, making up 70% of its total budget. They know full well that the Conservative Party of Canada has them in their crosshairs, so they have every reason to back the Liberal Party of Canada that currently has minority powers (made into a de facto majority by the pomeranian lapdogs of the NDP sitting in their purse) because the party ends the moment this government ends.
Context matters. The lefty messaging was a different beast when it seemed like they were fighting against the establishment, but when they become the establishment and nothing changed for the better, it became hollow.
Of course, with the benefit of hindsight, a lot of us realize they were always the establishment, and their plans were never going to work and never meant to work.....
Of course, with the benefit of hindsight, a lot of us realize they were always the establishment, and their plans were never going to work and never meant to work.....
I run a social media site here in Canada. Several, in fact. Doesn't make me a millionaire or billionaire, in fact I don't run ads or ask for money. I do it because I want to have a place to be free to express myself.
The federal government is willing to regulate the internet. They're going to give themselves a veto over what is allowed to be on the internet. This is a violation of the law. It's obviously a violation of the charter of Rights and freedoms. The problem is that this government has shown that they don't much care for the charter. They will happily violate the law if it means I get to implement their massive violations of basic human rights.
I figure it's only a matter of time before my social media websites go away. They will be replaced by a crtc approved alternative, filled with CanCon that most certainly isn't anything I have to say, and will be and fully open for business when it comes to takedown requests from the government.
The federal government is willing to regulate the internet. They're going to give themselves a veto over what is allowed to be on the internet. This is a violation of the law. It's obviously a violation of the charter of Rights and freedoms. The problem is that this government has shown that they don't much care for the charter. They will happily violate the law if it means I get to implement their massive violations of basic human rights.
I figure it's only a matter of time before my social media websites go away. They will be replaced by a crtc approved alternative, filled with CanCon that most certainly isn't anything I have to say, and will be and fully open for business when it comes to takedown requests from the government.
As long as we know our governments aren't obeying the law, and are acting to abridge people's ability to have conversations freely, there isn't really going to be that choice for long, is there?
My government is in the process of nationalizing the internet by regulating it like a broadcast so they can dictate what's allowed. One day this instance I self-host is likely to disappear from the Internet.
Meanwhile, useful idiots throw out the word "Nazi" like it means anything except "person who isn't a person and doesn't deserve basic human rights"
My government is in the process of nationalizing the internet by regulating it like a broadcast so they can dictate what's allowed. One day this instance I self-host is likely to disappear from the Internet.
Meanwhile, useful idiots throw out the word "Nazi" like it means anything except "person who isn't a person and doesn't deserve basic human rights"
They respond to every press inquiry with a poop emoji. Mentioning it as if it's some measured response is why some people start cults worshipping prophetic magic 8-balls.
"you can't have any productive conversations on there because it's a pit of establishment shills, sycophants, and socially accepted hatemongers working together to create a giant circlejerk in which only a very limited number of opinions are allowed on any given topic"
"That may be true, but on the other hand it's very expensive, so it must be good!"
"That may be true, but on the other hand it's very expensive, so it must be good!"
![you're being an edgelord like it's 2009!
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The coolest thing about playing war thunder is all the classified state secrets you'll learn as they're passed in between the glow in the dark people arguing.
How any Nazi paraphernalia manufacturing plants do you own?
Embarrassingly I don't even own one ðŸ˜
Embarrassingly I don't even own one ðŸ˜