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Originally Posted by Bownesian
The agricultural demands are nearing Khmer Rouge levels of uninformed fanaticism.
Step 1: Stop domestic oil and gas exploration (Oil Sands, anything with hydraulic stimulation and offshore drilling - this is pretty much the entire industry). Shut down forestry and nuclear industries. Stop export of same.
Step 2: Ban GMO crops, fish farming, feed lots, factory farming (for those keeping track, this accounts for the vast majority of the Canadian agricultural output). Ban fertilizers and pesticides.
Step 3: Make it easier to farm hemp
Step 4: ????
Step 5: Nirvana
With next to no industrial production, no agricultural production and maybe a third of Canadians out of work right away, I'm not sure there'd be much left to raise the minimum wage, EI and disability payments up to what they deem a living wage. |
Yup, it's always been part of the socialist dream to move people out of industry and back to the rural farms. Unfortunately, most of the people pushing this agenda are spoiled college kids who would not fare well if their own lives depended on the fruits of their manual labour.
For many of them, their ultimate goal is to have other people provide them with sustainance while they produce mediocre art that nobody wants to buy. I always find it ironic that many of the people who push socialist values the hardest are the least likely to contribute to a socialist society in any meaningful way.