• masterspace@lemmy.ca
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    1 day ago

    Lmao your take is that the Prime Ministership of Canada, the free leader of all of 0.049% of the global population (almost a full half of 0.1 percent!), is the “big fucking chair” that can single handily steer global events in any way he chooses?

    You’re also presuming that when he does steer them, that that steering will be out in the open and plainly obvious for everyone to see?

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      1 day ago

      You misinterpreted my comment.

      Of course he’s limited to Canada. He can change policies, decide to invest in greener alternatives, etc. But instead all he thinks about is counting some beans. So he’s investing in what brings profit at he detriment of everything else.

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        Quite frankly, the beans matter a great deal and you will get absolutely nowhere if you ignore them.

        I trust him to try and change things while counting beans over people claiming that you can ignore them because they find paying attention to them boring and slow.

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          Can we agree than there should be some kind of compromise? Maybe not prioritize counting beans over everything else?

          We’re seriously lagging behind as China is ahead of the curve with green technology, mass transit, reducing their carbon footprint by planting trees, etc.

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            Can we agree than there should be some kind of compromise? Maybe not prioritize counting beans over everything else?

            Sure.

            We’re seriously lagging behind as China is ahead of the curve with green technology, mass transit, reducing their carbon footprint by planting trees, etc.

            Yes, and how did China power the rise of its manufacturing industry and consequent rise of its green technology manufacturing industry? By burning massive amounts of coal and oil and gas while focusing on economic growth. How did China build huge amounts of Mass Transit and infrastructure projects? By steamrolling over local resident and environmental concerns to build the projects in the name of the greater good of the country.

            No one is perfect, but I do know that your characterizations of Carney are, at minimum, wildly over confident given the available information, if not also wildly inaccurate.