This seems like a really weird conversation to have in the YYCCC transgressions thread.
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Originally Posted by Bill Bumface
This makes me uncomfortable. This doesn't seem very different than saying a certain ethnicity or religious group comes first when the chips fall. All human lives are equal, and equal opportunity should be a birth right regardless of nationality, ethnicity, religion or any other arbitrary buckets we can throw people in that they have no control over.
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Something like 80% of India's politicians are millionaires, and some are into the billions. So in many of these countries where the ruling class live like kings while their citizens have a considerably lower quality of life, it falls to *checks notes*
Canada to help fix it? How is Canada going to fix systemic inequality in countries that could take steps to fix it themselves and don't because the people in charge don't want to?
Don't get me wrong, I'm happy to help, but it seems odd to suggest that we shouldn't prioritize our own well-being first. Isn't that the point of being a nation, to further our citizens' and country's interests? Why does Canadian public healthcare only apply to Canadians?