tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7884128379999766348.post847943312952094488..comments2024-03-27T21:12:31.654-04:00Comments on Politics and its Discontents: Who Do You Trust?Lornehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15741324981120408977noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7884128379999766348.post-33113160991971768722018-02-09T20:31:59.331-05:002018-02-09T20:31:59.331-05:00The son is definitely not like the father here, Pa...The son is definitely not like the father here, Pamela. <br /><br />Reading over you last two comments, it occurs to me that you might like to amalgamate your insights from them into a guest blog post.<br /><br />No pressure though.Lornehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15741324981120408977noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7884128379999766348.post-81830367943130984012018-02-09T18:08:16.277-05:002018-02-09T18:08:16.277-05:00I took note also of Trudeau once again attending a...I took note also of Trudeau once again attending a business roundtable, this time in California. I didn't however pick-up that he always goes to these "corporate honchos" instead of them going to him.<br /><br />That's a really interesting point.My guess is that he wants Canadians to see how pro business he is. He may also be, to some extent, running from his fathers reputation, who was not very focused on business.I don't know if Canadians realize that Trudeau's idea of doing a deal is handing over the control of Canada's wealth, particularly our resource wealth to whoever he's doing the deal with.<br /><br />He seems to also want to impress his neoliberal/oligarch advisors with his zeal about his newly found knowledge of neoliberalism.It's as if he is saying, I am the greatest promoter of neoliberalism. I don't even wait for corporations and industries to come to me, I seek them out. He's like a salesman who wants to be recognized as closing the most deals. My guess is that he really doesn't know what neoliberalism is. His elite advisors just tell him it's the greatest thing since sliced bread and it's what is best for Canada and he believes them. He's not a very bright guy and he doesn't ask too many questions. All the more better for him to do his elite advisors neoliberal bidding.<br /><br />They must be rubbing their hands with glee at how easy he is to manipulate. Can anyone picture Pierre Trudeau being manipulated like this, especially from the U.S. deep state. More than anything Trudeau Sr. was confident about his own intelligence and ability to make the right decision. He was a man with an independent mind. Manipulation is really about control and no one controlled Trudeau Sr.'s philosophically trained mind. Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07842215982128591742noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7884128379999766348.post-78816968528005322552018-02-09T15:16:58.696-05:002018-02-09T15:16:58.696-05:00Thanks for your incisive analysis, Pamela. I think...Thanks for your incisive analysis, Pamela. I think you have pierced the purpose behind the townhalls quite effectively. <br /><br />I was thinking yesterday, when reading about how Trudeau attended a business roundtable in California, that the fact that he has to go to the corporate honchos instead of them going to him is a very telling revelation of the true nature of the relationship between the corporate world and neoliberal governments. <br /><br />Prime Minister as supplicant, corporate heads as dispensers of largesse. I wonder how many Canadians are troubled by such a picture?Lornehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15741324981120408977noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7884128379999766348.post-42832041810899191742018-02-09T14:10:48.818-05:002018-02-09T14:10:48.818-05:00The government of Canada, a government in name onl...The government of Canada, a government in name only has a job to do. It has nothing to do with governing and everything to do with what the corporate/political/military/elites domestically and globally want and they want the Canadian government to implement as many of their neoliberal policies that they currently can. More importantly they want the liberals to get elected for 4 more years, because that is how long it will take to turn Canada into a market state, that is a full Nation State. These elites are the real government of Canada.<br /><br />Their neoliberal and militaristic agenda is not visible or transparent to Canadians. The role that Trudeau plays is one of PR in getting Canadians to once again really like him, to judge him personally, not professionally. His supposed town hall talks with Canadians is really campaigning. Trudeau and his team are out there trying to convince Canadians that they are this progressive, democracy supporting government who have only the nations interests in mind. Nothing could be further from the truth.They are also testing to see if Canadians have caught on to their deceptive neoliberal agenda.<br /><br />Their constant campaigning, disguised as talking with Canadians, is primarily directed at woman and the young including first time voters. That's what Trudeau's picture on the Rolling Stone magazine and the fluff piece that accompanied it was all about.It was meant to impress mainly the young.His constantly calling himself a feminist is meant to impress women.<br />When talking to Canadians, there is very little spontaneous engagement. Most of what Trudeau and his liberal cohorts have to say is calculated and prescribed. Every once in awhile Trudeau will go off topic, that's when we get to see who he really is.<br /><br />Don't judge them by what they say, judge them by what they do. Study their policies, including their political decisions, that is study their real policies which are mainly neoliberal in nature. It's all their in black and white and it's not, as Roger Waters says, rocket science.<br /><br />Who do I trust? My own political analysis and conclusions.<br /><br />Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07842215982128591742noreply@blogger.com