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I think a lot of Canadians are frustrated that Americans overall don't seem to care enough to change their country. We can't do it, they are the only ones who can. Was talking about this subject with a few friends on the weekend and someone brought up the point that a lot of the people he had met down there didn't like the ways things were but that they were resigned to it. They didn't think it could be helped or changed. That disempowering attitude is disconcerting to anybody who isn't in the most powerful country in the world and is concerned about where the US is leading us and the example they are setting for the rest of the world.
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What a hypocritical stance that would be for Canadians to take.
We know what Americans ought to be doing but
they're not willing to do it and for this we look down on them.
Meanwhile, back in our own barn the sheeple baaaa endlessly. [/b][/quote]
Kind of hard to parallel the situations don't you think? It's not like Canada invaded a country in the oil rich part of the world on false pretences and then elected the same government is it? It's not like the Republicans = the Liberals is it? Our government hasn't run the deficit quite as high per capita as the US has it?
In fact I fail to see many parallels. Please tell us about how these situations are similar why don't you?
As I said, it's not like Canada has all it's crap together. But does that mean we should not hold the world's most powerful country to a high standard? Do you think we should just accept everything they do and not question it because our country isn't perfect?
Right now the US has the most affect on humanity as a whole. EVERYBODY should be very concerned about what they do, why they do it and how things can be changed.