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Let's remind Canadians that Trudeau is trained by the WEF to be a global leader, also has given $millions in donations to the WEF. During the Truckers' convoy, he was reading from a prepared script of specified tactics.

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On the left, people are screened for ideological compliance before they are accepted as worthy. The red baseball cap on your head was enough for entry into Trump’s movement, similar to the Canadian flag at trucker protests. Populist events give people hope because participants get a short glimpse into what could be if solidarity and equality ruled society. The conundrum is how this translates into politics. Trudeau went for a very public power grab because he can safely assume that progressives and unions will not defend the deplorables. Difficult times.

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Jonathan - Pleased that you have stated this so clearly. The way forward is beyond both the old left and the old right to an affirmation of synthesis and harmonic of BOTH FREEDOM AND FAIRNESS. There is such a path, it is decentralized, it puts workers on the same page as small business owners. It removes taxes from both labor and needed production and shifts the tax base to the unearned income (Adam Smith) which is same as surplus value (Karl Marx) of surface land, minerals, even geo-orbital zones and all other natural resources / gifts of nature.

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You rightly point out The Social Dilemma seemed to confine its criticism of social media as facilitators of echo chambers full of fake news while ignoring the online world's more important - more impactful - access to non-fake news, like exposing deep state hypocrisy, auditing dirty politicians, connecting people to legitimate dissenting voices, etc. I don't think this omission was accidental. Tristan Harris is deep state himself so I figure his film was more about bringing big tech to heel, as part of the ruling elite evolving mass surveillance into mass enforcement.

(p.s. Why swaths? What happened to swathes?)

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