04-09-2022, 02:54 PM
The whole "Freedom Convoy" thing is an interesting paradigm. Particularly as it relates to similar actions here in America, your neighbor.
I may be waxing a bit philosophical over my morning coffee here this morning, but if I didn't know better I'd swear that the communist lefties here in America intentionally neutered similar actions here in the US before they could ever take full root. And they did this, in part, by wrecking the economy so that such an action would be more universally disliked.
In fact, if you step back and really take stock of the 'bigger picture', destruction of the national economy (whether in Canada, Europe or the United States) actually works wonders for putting down all sorts of dissent against the government. When the Hot Pockets and Frozen Pizzas disappear off the grocery store shelves it doesn't matter what caused it, soccer mom is going to text her BFF, Big Brenda, about it and pitch a bitch. That whole segment of support vanishes because their lives have been inconvenienced! Forget the real issues, now you're cutting into their texting time.
In difficult economic times, any action which makes times more difficult will have an infinitely more difficult time garnering any sort of support by large segments of the population at large. Supply chain issues are a perfect example.
I may be waxing a bit philosophical over my morning coffee here this morning, but if I didn't know better I'd swear that the communist lefties here in America intentionally neutered similar actions here in the US before they could ever take full root. And they did this, in part, by wrecking the economy so that such an action would be more universally disliked.
In fact, if you step back and really take stock of the 'bigger picture', destruction of the national economy (whether in Canada, Europe or the United States) actually works wonders for putting down all sorts of dissent against the government. When the Hot Pockets and Frozen Pizzas disappear off the grocery store shelves it doesn't matter what caused it, soccer mom is going to text her BFF, Big Brenda, about it and pitch a bitch. That whole segment of support vanishes because their lives have been inconvenienced! Forget the real issues, now you're cutting into their texting time.
In difficult economic times, any action which makes times more difficult will have an infinitely more difficult time garnering any sort of support by large segments of the population at large. Supply chain issues are a perfect example.