tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7884128379999766348.post7513859062306569185..comments2024-03-27T21:12:31.654-04:00Comments on Politics and its Discontents: The Neoliberal Creep - Part 2Lornehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15741324981120408977noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7884128379999766348.post-81307824322108650582018-03-10T17:19:11.486-05:002018-03-10T17:19:11.486-05:00That seems to be the only configuration this neoli...That seems to be the only configuration this neoliberal government really understands, Owen.Lornehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15741324981120408977noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7884128379999766348.post-78434876312005060402018-03-10T13:34:25.054-05:002018-03-10T13:34:25.054-05:00Making a profit on foreign aide is like employing ...Making a profit on foreign aide is like employing an army of mercenaries, Lorne. It comes down to a foreign policy for profit, Lorne.Owen Grayhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06464860078574618579noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7884128379999766348.post-2220901385983411332018-03-09T15:14:00.481-05:002018-03-09T15:14:00.481-05:00As with so much else with this government, Mound, ...As with so much else with this government, Mound, I feel we are being given the illusion of a real democracy to conceal the fact that it is a captured, one. In addition to their pitiful attempts at trying to convince Canadians that their efforts combating climate change are real and effective, the Liberals have much more to answer for. One example would be their humanitarian efforts in Yemen versus their sales of LAVs to Saudi Arabia, the very vehicles the Saudis are using against the Yemenis. <br /><br />Team Trudeau is counting on our ongoing disengagement with real policy issues and our fascination (rapidly-waning, by the way) with the selfie Prince. Lornehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15741324981120408977noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7884128379999766348.post-4187330604461769472018-03-09T13:44:14.604-05:002018-03-09T13:44:14.604-05:00If we really want to aid the Third World we could ...If we really want to aid the Third World we could abandon an industrial/energy policy that is wreaking havoc on them now, killing some, and will cause increasingly worse suffering for generations to come. <br /><br />Yes, money is good but private sector investment is difficult to monitor and regulate. It's also often predatory. Canadian mining companies have done so much good abroad, don't you know.<br /><br />The cognitive dissonance that lubricates this government's wheels prevents the linkage between high carbon fossil fuel exports and the suffering that results in the poorest and most vulnerable nations of the world.The Mound of Soundhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09023839743772372922noreply@blogger.com