It would suit Vance better to ask why his people are drawn to consuming dangerous drugs in the first place. That answer will take him to the economic trends since 1980 - trends Trump seems to be exacerbating.
@FoodProfessor Give me a break. What’s question period going to solve at the moment. It would trigger an election which would be even more destabilizing. Only people saying this are conservatives.
The Conservative Party has completely reinvented itself under Pierre Poilievre to freeze out people like Erin O’Toole, Jean Charest and Patrick Brown to bring in folks like Jordan Peterson, Alex Jones and the Freedom Convoy.
I gave this TED talk warning Silicon Valley of the profound threat of it posed to democracy nearly 6 years ago. It provoked a lawsuit that caused me years of pain. The UK government did nothing to contain the threat. And here we are.
Not gonna lie - the oligarchy going after individual Wikipedia editors has me really shook up.
They have no intention of allowing anyone to be educated. They will literally do anything to pollute the information environment into meaningless noise amd will come after any signal.
Wrong. The Statcan definition of Public Sector includes government, but also schools, including universities, hospitals, and other public institutions like public libraries. Employment in government (public administration) actually declined slightly in December.
Yanis Varoufakis (@yanisvaroufakis) exposes how billionaires like @elonmusk and Peter Thiel undermine democracy, hijack public priorities, and entrench their power. It’s time to reclaim democracy from the billionaire elite.