tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7180592942896724433.post9059688051892357537..comments2023-12-13T05:02:37.426-05:00Comments on Pushed to the Left and Loving It: The New National Dilemma After Our Sharp Right TurnEmily Deehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08354341672810615468noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7180592942896724433.post-56919562924942637672015-08-03T15:12:47.595-04:002015-08-03T15:12:47.595-04:00Real issues are not addressed within the existing ...Real issues are not addressed within the existing economic and political paradigm(s). This is why there is recourse to negative ads: no party has anything real or relevant to promote. I have reached the point of wishing a pox on all their houses..<br /><br />Our whole economic system is disconnected from physical reality: politicians and talking heads blithely prattle on about (effectively infinite) economic growth while our planet is finite in volume and surface. (The Communists were just as bad as the capitalists on this point.. the capitalists simply proved more effective, being less overcentralized)<br /><br />Here is an article I wrote concerning what could constitute a more realistic basis for economic development and governance (since economic system and governance are intrically interwoven on many levels)<br /><br />http://transparencycanada.blogspot.ca/2014/08/four-pillars-of-sustainable-economy.html<br /><br />Because we fail to squarely face our ecological and demographic challenges, our political "leaders" necessarily resort to infantalisation of the public. A shocking example of the venality and real contempt for the public will is found in the endoresement of the Kyoto Protocols on Greenhouse Gas Emission Reduction Goals by the Chrétien government, followed by them sitting on their hands and doing absolutely nothing to implement their engagement. (There ARE reasons why we elected the gang of neocon wanabes now ruling the roost in Ottawa!) It shows how far our political system has fallen that many of us now vote AGAINST parties, not FOR their projects.<br /><br />I do hope things will change this election, that people will wake up and begin to demand action on high priority issues (which tend, more often than not, to be planetary - not regional - in nature: climate change, demographics, the transition to renewable energy, etc..) I HOPE things will change this election - but I dispair.. I don't think we have suffered enough from our collective follies of the past to really change minds - yet..hombredelatierrahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07347889851876420925noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7180592942896724433.post-23527672604817299462015-08-03T11:48:48.202-04:002015-08-03T11:48:48.202-04:00Nicely said, Emily. From one on a VoteTogether te...Nicely said, Emily. From one on a VoteTogether team. Nevertheless, I agree wholeheartedly with your assessment as we aren't deciding now, and when we do decide, platforms will be a part of it. The time for a coalition or other engineering was after May 2011. It is far too late now.Jennhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13803722687513455024noreply@blogger.com