individual271828
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uh... while I'd love for this to be the result of the Canadian boycott, I think it's also that younger generations just drink less.
Also, other countries have also decided to join into the boycott as well, so not just Canada.
Also, other countries have also decided to join into the boycott as well, so not just Canada.
December 24, 2025 at 5:07 PM
uh... while I'd love for this to be the result of the Canadian boycott, I think it's also that younger generations just drink less.
Also, other countries have also decided to join into the boycott as well, so not just Canada.
Also, other countries have also decided to join into the boycott as well, so not just Canada.
4/ "Majority" governments almost always do things the actual majority doesn't want, catering to small, but vocal and politically active groups. First past the post and STV explicitly construct "fake" majorities. They allow "progress" on issues where there is no real consensus.
December 23, 2025 at 2:43 PM
4/ "Majority" governments almost always do things the actual majority doesn't want, catering to small, but vocal and politically active groups. First past the post and STV explicitly construct "fake" majorities. They allow "progress" on issues where there is no real consensus.
3/ Trudeau liked STV because, in Canada, the worst bogeyman is often the Conservatives, and the Liberals are, in the eyes of many, less bad. STV nearly guarantees Liberal wins. MMP doesn't. Trudeau killed electoral reform back then.
December 23, 2025 at 2:43 PM
3/ Trudeau liked STV because, in Canada, the worst bogeyman is often the Conservatives, and the Liberals are, in the eyes of many, less bad. STV nearly guarantees Liberal wins. MMP doesn't. Trudeau killed electoral reform back then.
2/ In Canada, our ex-PM Trudeau first came to power on a platform of electoral reform. The parties went into committee and the clear consensus was Mixed member proportional (MMP), but the only reform he was interested in was STV "Single Transferable Vote." which is a variety of Ranked choice.
December 23, 2025 at 2:43 PM
2/ In Canada, our ex-PM Trudeau first came to power on a platform of electoral reform. The parties went into committee and the clear consensus was Mixed member proportional (MMP), but the only reform he was interested in was STV "Single Transferable Vote." which is a variety of Ranked choice.
1/ fwiw, "hilarious" wasn't aimed at you, but at the quality of the evidence brought forward. That particular document was not helpful. The other one you raised was helpful, and I said as much.
December 23, 2025 at 2:43 PM
1/ fwiw, "hilarious" wasn't aimed at you, but at the quality of the evidence brought forward. That particular document was not helpful. The other one you raised was helpful, and I said as much.
4/We are told that "English" is more than the mechanics of the written form and grammar, that it is about exposure to other points of view, of being placed elsewhere in the imagination. We cannot discount that recorded media allow people to observe and experience as much, if not more.
December 21, 2025 at 8:14 PM
4/We are told that "English" is more than the mechanics of the written form and grammar, that it is about exposure to other points of view, of being placed elsewhere in the imagination. We cannot discount that recorded media allow people to observe and experience as much, if not more.
3/sure, the young don't read long form fiction as much as earlier generations. That is evidence of the march of progress. The artists in celluloid tell a much more vivid story, and leave less to the readers' imagination, but I don't think that stunts viewers minds: it democratizes critique.
December 21, 2025 at 8:14 PM
3/sure, the young don't read long form fiction as much as earlier generations. That is evidence of the march of progress. The artists in celluloid tell a much more vivid story, and leave less to the readers' imagination, but I don't think that stunts viewers minds: it democratizes critique.
2/kids these days... can listen to a much wider variety of moving picture literature on demand. This accessibility of art to fill your entire life means they must curate what they give their attention to, to avoid becoming couch blobs.
December 21, 2025 at 8:14 PM
2/kids these days... can listen to a much wider variety of moving picture literature on demand. This accessibility of art to fill your entire life means they must curate what they give their attention to, to avoid becoming couch blobs.
1/ kids these days... can listen to any genre of music at any moment. Earlier generations were funnelled into current genres because anything else was nearly impossible to get. The young tend to have much broader musical appreciation than rest of us.
December 21, 2025 at 8:14 PM
1/ kids these days... can listen to any genre of music at any moment. Earlier generations were funnelled into current genres because anything else was nearly impossible to get. The young tend to have much broader musical appreciation than rest of us.
I think a lot of kids spend a lot of time online, playing video games, and on social media, and they definitely need to read and write to participate there. They don't do this archaic "reading" thing... does not mean illiterate. Your post gives off a "get off my lawn", "kids these days..." vibe...
December 21, 2025 at 7:33 PM
I think a lot of kids spend a lot of time online, playing video games, and on social media, and they definitely need to read and write to participate there. They don't do this archaic "reading" thing... does not mean illiterate. Your post gives off a "get off my lawn", "kids these days..." vibe...
It's also the vibes people from civilized countries get today when they see US shows based on "paying for medical treatments for a loved one" . It's also used as a plot point in sci-fi... like it could never be fixed... so, so odd...
December 20, 2025 at 5:08 PM
It's also the vibes people from civilized countries get today when they see US shows based on "paying for medical treatments for a loved one" . It's also used as a plot point in sci-fi... like it could never be fixed... so, so odd...
The correct answer is: Many, and they can change over time. It should be easy to found a party, and as times change new parties should emerge based on voters evolving views and priorities.
December 19, 2025 at 5:46 PM
The correct answer is: Many, and they can change over time. It should be easy to found a party, and as times change new parties should emerge based on voters evolving views and priorities.
2/ Trump would not be avoided by RCV. There were anti-wokesters, own-the-libsters, racists, "stuffs too expensive" etc... who would have had Trump on their ballot above dems. PR would have resulted in separate parties that had to negotiate in public. Making an artifical majority actively hurts.
December 19, 2025 at 2:42 PM
2/ Trump would not be avoided by RCV. There were anti-wokesters, own-the-libsters, racists, "stuffs too expensive" etc... who would have had Trump on their ballot above dems. PR would have resulted in separate parties that had to negotiate in public. Making an artifical majority actively hurts.
1/ This source is much better. It's at least reporting on data. but all it's reporting is that people are ideologically further apart. Ideological distance doesn't equate to rising violence.
December 19, 2025 at 2:42 PM
1/ This source is much better. It's at least reporting on data. but all it's reporting is that people are ideologically further apart. Ideological distance doesn't equate to rising violence.
2/ ... "such as militias or neo-Nazi groups — has steadily decreased in recent years hitting a low point in 2024. Multiple factors, however, point to a potential reversal of this trend in 2025. " The conclusions are predictions (not reports or measurements.) It's a political editorial in drag.
December 19, 2025 at 2:33 PM
2/ ... "such as militias or neo-Nazi groups — has steadily decreased in recent years hitting a low point in 2024. Multiple factors, however, point to a potential reversal of this trend in 2025. " The conclusions are predictions (not reports or measurements.) It's a political editorial in drag.
1/ That paper you cited is hilarious. It's from the beginning of the year and predicts an increase in political violence based on, um vibes:
"Activity linked to organized groups or networks that are historically, ideologically, or readily prone to violence" —
"Activity linked to organized groups or networks that are historically, ideologically, or readily prone to violence" —
December 19, 2025 at 2:33 PM
1/ That paper you cited is hilarious. It's from the beginning of the year and predicts an increase in political violence based on, um vibes:
"Activity linked to organized groups or networks that are historically, ideologically, or readily prone to violence" —
"Activity linked to organized groups or networks that are historically, ideologically, or readily prone to violence" —
well one view: "Human beings are a disease, a cancer of this planet. You are a plague" -- according to Agent Smith in The Matrix.
December 18, 2025 at 10:54 PM
well one view: "Human beings are a disease, a cancer of this planet. You are a plague" -- according to Agent Smith in The Matrix.
3/You could make an argument for labelling ICE as brownshirts... and therefore what they are doing as political violence... but I think it's a debatable stretch. Ignoring that, I don't see a trend.
December 18, 2025 at 5:54 PM
3/You could make an argument for labelling ICE as brownshirts... and therefore what they are doing as political violence... but I think it's a debatable stretch. Ignoring that, I don't see a trend.
2/For rising "political violence", one would need to see organized groups targetting and killing political enemies. The US has random wackos occasionally killing politicians, among hundreds or thousands of other victims.
December 18, 2025 at 5:54 PM
2/For rising "political violence", one would need to see organized groups targetting and killing political enemies. The US has random wackos occasionally killing politicians, among hundreds or thousands of other victims.
US now has 400 mass shootings a year (about the current trend.) about 1% of that is political. One should expect 4 "political" mass shootings a year, in an average year. That about matches data. There isn't a "political" mass shootings problem.
www.pnas.org/doi/full/10....
www.pnas.org/doi/full/10....
Current research overstates American support for political violence | PNAS
Political scientists, pundits, and citizens worry that America is entering a new period
of violent partisan conflict. Provocative survey data show ...
www.pnas.org
December 18, 2025 at 5:54 PM
US now has 400 mass shootings a year (about the current trend.) about 1% of that is political. One should expect 4 "political" mass shootings a year, in an average year. That about matches data. There isn't a "political" mass shootings problem.
www.pnas.org/doi/full/10....
www.pnas.org/doi/full/10....
3/I very much hesitate to call recent violence "political", like for example the Charlie Kirk thing, because a "rising political violence" narrative it gives authorities a rationale to be ever more gestapo. There are sick people, sometimes about politics. That doesn't make a rebellion.
December 18, 2025 at 1:53 AM
3/I very much hesitate to call recent violence "political", like for example the Charlie Kirk thing, because a "rising political violence" narrative it gives authorities a rationale to be ever more gestapo. There are sick people, sometimes about politics. That doesn't make a rebellion.
2/ but the frequency in the last ten years is far higher than the 10 before, which is similarly higher than the decade before that.
www.theviolenceproject.org/key-findings/
www.theviolenceproject.org/key-findings/
Key Findings - Comprehensive Mass Shooter Data - The Violence Project
The findings from The Violence Project's Mass Shooter Database are known worldwide. Explore the data we have pulled from our database as key insights.
www.theviolenceproject.org
December 18, 2025 at 1:53 AM
2/ but the frequency in the last ten years is far higher than the 10 before, which is similarly higher than the decade before that.
www.theviolenceproject.org/key-findings/
www.theviolenceproject.org/key-findings/
1/ The frequency is vastly increased from 10 years ago. In 2025, it's actually down, but it's still about 50% more than in 2014.
edition.cnn.com/us/mass-shoo...
edition.cnn.com/us/mass-shoo...
Mass Shootings in the US Fast Facts | CNN
Read CNN’s Fast Facts about mass shootings in the United States.
edition.cnn.com
December 18, 2025 at 1:53 AM
1/ The frequency is vastly increased from 10 years ago. In 2025, it's actually down, but it's still about 50% more than in 2014.
edition.cnn.com/us/mass-shoo...
edition.cnn.com/us/mass-shoo...
Is it though? The US is seeing mass shootings every two weeks. inevitably, some shooters are locked onto politics, but the real problem is so many people with mental health issues that aren´t being helped, and are being armed.
December 18, 2025 at 12:24 AM
Is it though? The US is seeing mass shootings every two weeks. inevitably, some shooters are locked onto politics, but the real problem is so many people with mental health issues that aren´t being helped, and are being armed.
The US´s dual party thing is a huge problem. In Canada, there are two main parties, but there are others, and there is competition. It changes over time. US parties seem sclerotic. A vs. B isn't helpful if they are both captured. I guess RCV is helpful if you're stuck in Highlander.
December 17, 2025 at 12:12 AM
The US´s dual party thing is a huge problem. In Canada, there are two main parties, but there are others, and there is competition. It changes over time. US parties seem sclerotic. A vs. B isn't helpful if they are both captured. I guess RCV is helpful if you're stuck in Highlander.