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[–] 7 points 5 months ago (1 child)
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    [–] [S] 42 points 5 months ago (4 children)

    would very much appreciate someone kindly explaining to me WHAT THE FUCK WE ARE DOING

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  • [–] 10 points 5 months ago (3 children)

    Sounds about right, I so want this capitalism thing to find its end.

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  • [–] 15 points 5 months ago (2 children)

    It won't find its end. We have to kill it. We have to find alternative ways to live, to make a living, to rely on each other, and only then will capitalism wither and die on the vile vine that spawned it. We need to have a higher calling than money, a greater empathy for our fellow humans, a different definition of success and prosperity. These are things that capitalism does not encourage and does not make easy, but they are within us, and are in fact fully within our grasp at this very moment. We just need to collectively decide to reduce our participation in capitalism, and try something new. Resist the old ways. Don't do what the TV or social media are telling you. Do something local. Find real people, be a real person, find a community of real people, and help out your community. Your time is your most valuable asset. Capitalism tries to monetize it and steal it and ruin it if it can't, but it's still yours.

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  • [–] 1 point 5 months ago (1 child)

    Capitalism will kill its self eventually, there is not infinite growth in our finite reach. I do agree with you on all other points though.

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    raise questions as the federal government promises to pursue “data sovereignty” for digital services in the military.

    “Palantir Canada is a Canadian company, subsidiary to Palantir global,” McGuinty said, referring to the parent company based in the United States that was co-founded by a tech billionaire with ties to U.S. President Donald Trump.

    “It was a legitimate procurement and it’s moving forward,” McGuinty said, speaking to reporters at the CANSEC military industrial conference near the Ottawa airport on Wednesday.

    Smoke and mirrors - simulate sovereignty while doing business as usual when money exchanges hands. I'm so tired at politicians peddling idealistic bullshit while keep slaving to American (and Canadian) capital...

    We'll look into your concerns tho.

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  • [–] 18 points 5 months ago (2 children)

    One corporation to rule them all and in the darkness bind them.

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    Hey theil and carp, since you're already recording everything on the internet to use as blackmail, go fucking rot in a hole with the rest of your rich parasite buddies, and actually make the world a better place by not being in it.

    sincerely, Fucking Everyone.

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  • [–] 13 points 5 months ago* (2 children)

    Mr Speaker, will the defence minister disclose what other neo-nazi owned companies does Canada do deals with?

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  • [–] 25 points 5 months ago (14 children)

    "Elbows up" lasted exactly as long as it took Mark Carney to say it.

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  • [–] 1 point 5 months ago (13 children)

    Y'know, now that you mention it, I haven't seen any "fell for it again" award posts for the Canadians who voted for the Neolib final boss, Mark Carney, and thought that the man was in any way concerned with their best interests. I wonder if there's any other group who infamously fell for such an obvious lie.

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  • [–] 11 points 5 months ago (12 children)

    Well PP was definitely not a choice and nobody else has a chance of winning, so...

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  • [–] 10 points 5 months ago (5 children)

    That's the real thing I see everyone missing, it was this guy, who at least seemed to be an adult, or pissy pants, who had nothing but identity politics he didn't even care about, except he wanted to court the asshole vote

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  • [–] -2 points 5 months ago (4 children)

    I think it is hilarious that you thought anyone missed the main selling point of the Liberal party in 2025's election. How pompous.

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  • [–] 0 points 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago) (3 children)

    Lol, do you not see the people talking about how they wish they voted some other way, as if that was a real option, if you haven't, then you're not paying attention

    Also, does anyone else find calling someone pompous incredibly ironic

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  • [–] -2 points 5 months ago (2 children)

    Two circular arguments in a row, we've got a pro incessantly-confidently-incorrect vibes-expert here.

    You uh, you think you're the first person to see how contradiction and learned helplessness functions in a liberal system? I know you haven't read about it, because people have been saying that shit for centuries, so it'd be an incredible feat of arrogance to both think that and think that it makes you smarter than the gormless peasants around you.

    Total "smartest kid at the small-town school" energy from this fella.

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  • [–] 1 point 5 months ago (5 children)

    Damn, are you telling me we're under a two party system where both options are neoliberals with fascistic intent? That's crazy, how could that happen? Sure is good we have this Carney guy then, who is definitely better than Poilievre and not idealistically aligned with him in any way. We have to vote for him because the other one is a threat to our way of life and democratic tradition. Where have you heard that fucking everywhere?

    I don't know how you could post this comment under "libs got fooled and it contradicts their love of calling MAGAts idiots for falling for the exact same trick by the same kind of people." Like, is it because Carney talks better?

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  • [–] 10 points 5 months ago

    I'm pretty sure Palantir gave him millions of reasons for him to come to this conclusion.

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  • [–] 8 points 5 months ago

    So has a petition or letter writing campaign been started yet? We need to kill this before the cement dries on it.

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    It is not a Canadian company. What a stupid thing dir him to say. MS has already stated all American companies have to follow American court order even if they go against another countries laws. Sonic we say all data has to stay in Canada that is pointless.

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  • [–] 6 points 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago) (1 child)

    This, the Pentagon buying up stakes in our mining companies (so minerals needed for green tech get diverted toward their military endeavours), and overreliance on fossil fuels? All of this supports US empire in the biggest possible way short of completely surrendering to them. It's hard to believe officials could be so incompetent as to not realize that.

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  • [–] 6 points 5 months ago

    looks like thiel has been funding TRUMP as much as carney apparently.

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    Hmmm, so when do the flocks start going up?

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  • [–] 11 points 5 months ago (5 children)

    Just a reminder that Mark Carney is invested in Palantir according to his summary statement.

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  • [–] 6 points 5 months ago (1 child)

    I can't say I'm not angry about all this, but there's like, hundreds of different stocks listed in this, hard to say exactly how invested he is in any one thing. Probably best if he wasn't invested in any of them, but who could be surprised that a banker is waist deep in investments

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  • [–] 0 points 5 months ago

    And yet, here is his government choosing to do business with this company despite definitely suffering a political cost for it. And trying to pass it off as a Canadian company in such a brazen way that anyone with a modicum of self-respect should be insulted that they think you are that stupid. He didn't need to do this, at all. Maybe it's coincidental, but it doesn't look good to me.

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  • [–] 3 points 5 months ago (2 children)

    Aren't these things that he's divested from in 2025 in line with the Conflict of Interest Act though?

    From the document:

    APPENDIX TO THE SUMMARY STATEMENT OF THE RIGHT HONOURABLE MARK J. CARNEY, PRIME MINISTER OF CANADA

    Divestment of the following in a blind trust established pursuant to section 27 of the Ac

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  • [–] 1 point 5 months ago (1 child)

    I think calling placing his investments in a blind trust "divestment" is playing a little fast and loose with the definition. He still owns the stocks, he's just not allowed to manage them or keep track of them. But we didn't hit the guy with the amnesia ray, he knows he's invested in these companies.

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  • [–] 2 points 5 months ago

    I mean that's fair. Though he can't know if the trust sold off the stocks. But then again, we have no idea who the trust is (a friend maybe?), if he gave instructions before hand, etc.

    Safe to say though - if he invested in palantir, the trust wouldn't sell it because it financially makes sense to hold, and therefore Mark can continue making federal investments with that in mind.

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  • [–] 3 points 5 months ago (1 child)

    What can us regular Canadians do to try to stop this? Genuine question. I strongly oppose the direction were going, but if I'm being honest, I'm pretty clueless when it comes to politics (I'm working on it).

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  • [–] [S] 2 points 5 months ago

    yeah, it's a good question. It can't hurt to write to your MP or leave a voicemail. In terms of directly stopping this thing from happening, I'm not sure there's a ton of other recourse.

    Which sucks! But lately I've been trying to not get too caught up in the moment to moment stuff. In a lot of ways I suspect it's more valuable to do things that have an effect over a longer time horizon, like, volunteering for the riding association of your preferred party, unionizing your workplace, joining an advocacy group, writing a blog or a zine ... find stuff that you like to do that creates a positive effect on the world around you.

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  • [–] 3 points 5 months ago

    If the procurement is legitimate the body politic has a way of shutting it down.

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  • [–] 6 points 5 months ago

    My dumb american ass thinking Canada was the better one, and now I'm watching it slide into fascism in real time... Holy hell.

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  • [–] 4 points 5 months ago

    Every single person who has voted “strategically” has gotten us here, alongside their dipshit sidekicks, the conservative voters who think that Mark Carney is too woke. And they’ll still pat themselves on the back because “PP would have been worse” as if there’s any functional difference between those two parties. We can’t even be fucked to show up for provincial or municipal elections.

    Fuck all you centrist, ignorant, and/or cowardly fucks. Canadians have empty heads and no spines.

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    [–] 8 points 5 months ago

    Nah bro, its totally legit bro, you're being ignorant bro /s

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  • [–] 6 points 5 months ago (1 child)

    David McGuinty stumbled into the defence minister job just by staying alive and continuing to win his riding long enough. He had no expertise on the defence file and is a pure political operator - he is just towing the line because fundamentally he's just happy to be there.

    Unfortunately is he minister of defence and his statements do matter to some extent, but it's worth remembering the context here.

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