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Reading things like this makes it make sense as to why the government is putting big efforts into reducing legal gun ownership (and the type of guns targeted, ex. 50 cal rifles) instead of going after criminals and makes sense of things like the Online Harms Bill... The elites are trying to prevent a repeat of 1789 France or 1917 Russia.

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[–] healthetank@lemmy.ca 47 points 8 months ago (2 children)

I do have to say that I'm entertained by the complaint about the average person's economic position, which is entirely valid, followed unironically by the statement that if Canada had "merely matched US Growth" over the last 5 yrs, per capita we'd be making $5500 more per year. Per capita earnings mean nothing if 10 guys at the top are claiming all the extra, and the US has not exactly been a system that is in a stable, healthy economic place for the majority of its citizens.

[–] grte@lemmy.ca 31 points 8 months ago* (last edited 8 months ago)

It makes perfect sense they would use that angle. The National Post exists to smuggle the American (specifically Republican) perspective into the Canadian political conversation.

[–] owen@lemmy.ca 14 points 8 months ago* (last edited 8 months ago)

Classic "well thought out and reasonable statement" to "wildly unhinged and abusive lie" combo