What? Carney shares NOTHING with Trump in any way, shape or form. The trouble with many political writers is how that activity can supersede reading or otherwise following daily events, which I do and so am disappointed to see you fall into lockstep with the environmental community that refuses to cede the righteous higher ground of ACTIVISM that can be increasingly compared to the conservative "grievance" perspective, one that feels SO good because it can soar safely beyond the fray by COMPLETELY IGNORING CONTEXT. You at least make some concessions to the "delicacy" required in what would be any current PM's context due to Trump's threats to our sovereignty, which are as UNPRECEDENTED as the economic tariff threats, SURELY loaded context that would shoot to the top of any Maslow-style hierarchy of needs. But you'll admit it might require SOME adroitness on Carney's part? The condescending, arrogant ignorance rivals that of consistently context-free CONSERVATIVES! But wait, why not also jump on the con bandwagon with ZERO respect for education, experience and expertise (ALL absolutely top-drawer) and casual trashing of the guy's character for good measure!? You think Carney's a lying shill for big oil or something FFS?
A reminder of context when it comes to a monstrous right wing that's not only lost its mind, but has actually become the banality of evil: THEY currently hold most of the POWER in the U.S., and fill HALF our own House of Commons along with provincial power in the majority of the provinces in this country. And that we BARELY dodged a bullet in our last election thanks to Carney and the Liberals, but he's got everyone working together like we've never seen at a time when we most need it.
He's old and has made a name AND his millions, so I for one believe him when he says he wants to give back to the country that has "given him everything" because he has personal integrity, brilliance, and a sense of humour. We're lucky to have him because only HE could be so quickly fast-tracking our vital re-alignment with the EU from whence he ALSO comes.
He knows what he's doing with these recalcitrant, nasty cons, he's stick-handling them and giving them enough rope to hang themselves while allowing the neutral market (AND cleverly, the monarchy) to pull rank, gradually.
So how about some good old-fashioned trust, and knocking off the stupid, derivative "grievance" culture that permeates right now and has only ever spawned all our worst behaviours as human beings.
One thing that displays his classiness and basic integrity is how he refuses to "take the bait" perpetually dangling thanks to our true enemy, "techno-fascism." He's too busy actually governing.
Lots to unpack here and while I could just leave it at thinking your assessment of Carney is far too charitable, there's one thing I want to highlight, because I think it gets at the locus of our disagreement.
You ask for "some good old-fashioned trust." It's simply not my job as a journalist to trust anyone in power, be they Liberal, Conservative, NDP or what have you. It's my job to critique. Perhaps you think I went too far with this particular critique, which is fine, but no journalist worth their salt is going to simply trust the government.
I agree with just about everything you said about conservatives, both Canadian and American, but for that reason it behooves me to point out when the Liberal government is implementing Conservative policy on a variety of fronts. Making this observation isn't hopping on the "con bandwagon." It's precisely the opposite.
You don't address my basic point about CONTEXT though and how unprecedented it currently is to the point of spawning several new words for LYING alone, new socially descriptive terms like "enshittification of the internet" and "polycrises" or how that affects everything else, including journalism btw. You now risk being accused of either fake news, itself fake of course as is everything from the cons as a given, so can be ignored or the more valid "bothsidesism" that skewers former journalistic objectivity. I think this applies to what you're doing bandwagon-wise when you knee-jerk accuse Carney of "implementing Conservative policy on a variety of fronts" as if he's flipped (which is just insulting in its absurdity) and without giving him any credit for employing a strategy to either bring the shit-disturbers onside to take down the caustic political temperature enough to replace it with something far more useful like national pride or solidarity, or to pad the slim majority for obvious reasons; I mean these people are utterly graceless even in victory as we all know, but they're becoming ever more avid, vicious and dangerous. That meme "Conservatives could kill us all" is actually accurate, but again, the more genuine the danger the more people pretend it's business as usual.
So everyone ignoring the unprecedented means that despite rampant algorithmed extremism making politics more BINARY than its ever been, people still seem to prefer going into the weeds and/or missing the forest for the trees. It's how existential climate change SHOULD bring us together....
And by old-fashioned trust" I mean give the guy a MINUTE already and some respect; he's keeping us all afloat and he knows what he's doing more than anyone else. What part of TRULY dodging a bullet just zings right by everyone?!
Credit where credit's due how about? It'd be a new tack...
What? Carney shares NOTHING with Trump in any way, shape or form. The trouble with many political writers is how that activity can supersede reading or otherwise following daily events, which I do and so am disappointed to see you fall into lockstep with the environmental community that refuses to cede the righteous higher ground of ACTIVISM that can be increasingly compared to the conservative "grievance" perspective, one that feels SO good because it can soar safely beyond the fray by COMPLETELY IGNORING CONTEXT. You at least make some concessions to the "delicacy" required in what would be any current PM's context due to Trump's threats to our sovereignty, which are as UNPRECEDENTED as the economic tariff threats, SURELY loaded context that would shoot to the top of any Maslow-style hierarchy of needs. But you'll admit it might require SOME adroitness on Carney's part? The condescending, arrogant ignorance rivals that of consistently context-free CONSERVATIVES! But wait, why not also jump on the con bandwagon with ZERO respect for education, experience and expertise (ALL absolutely top-drawer) and casual trashing of the guy's character for good measure!? You think Carney's a lying shill for big oil or something FFS?
A reminder of context when it comes to a monstrous right wing that's not only lost its mind, but has actually become the banality of evil: THEY currently hold most of the POWER in the U.S., and fill HALF our own House of Commons along with provincial power in the majority of the provinces in this country. And that we BARELY dodged a bullet in our last election thanks to Carney and the Liberals, but he's got everyone working together like we've never seen at a time when we most need it.
He's old and has made a name AND his millions, so I for one believe him when he says he wants to give back to the country that has "given him everything" because he has personal integrity, brilliance, and a sense of humour. We're lucky to have him because only HE could be so quickly fast-tracking our vital re-alignment with the EU from whence he ALSO comes.
He knows what he's doing with these recalcitrant, nasty cons, he's stick-handling them and giving them enough rope to hang themselves while allowing the neutral market (AND cleverly, the monarchy) to pull rank, gradually.
So how about some good old-fashioned trust, and knocking off the stupid, derivative "grievance" culture that permeates right now and has only ever spawned all our worst behaviours as human beings.
One thing that displays his classiness and basic integrity is how he refuses to "take the bait" perpetually dangling thanks to our true enemy, "techno-fascism." He's too busy actually governing.
Lots to unpack here and while I could just leave it at thinking your assessment of Carney is far too charitable, there's one thing I want to highlight, because I think it gets at the locus of our disagreement.
You ask for "some good old-fashioned trust." It's simply not my job as a journalist to trust anyone in power, be they Liberal, Conservative, NDP or what have you. It's my job to critique. Perhaps you think I went too far with this particular critique, which is fine, but no journalist worth their salt is going to simply trust the government.
I agree with just about everything you said about conservatives, both Canadian and American, but for that reason it behooves me to point out when the Liberal government is implementing Conservative policy on a variety of fronts. Making this observation isn't hopping on the "con bandwagon." It's precisely the opposite.
You don't address my basic point about CONTEXT though and how unprecedented it currently is to the point of spawning several new words for LYING alone, new socially descriptive terms like "enshittification of the internet" and "polycrises" or how that affects everything else, including journalism btw. You now risk being accused of either fake news, itself fake of course as is everything from the cons as a given, so can be ignored or the more valid "bothsidesism" that skewers former journalistic objectivity. I think this applies to what you're doing bandwagon-wise when you knee-jerk accuse Carney of "implementing Conservative policy on a variety of fronts" as if he's flipped (which is just insulting in its absurdity) and without giving him any credit for employing a strategy to either bring the shit-disturbers onside to take down the caustic political temperature enough to replace it with something far more useful like national pride or solidarity, or to pad the slim majority for obvious reasons; I mean these people are utterly graceless even in victory as we all know, but they're becoming ever more avid, vicious and dangerous. That meme "Conservatives could kill us all" is actually accurate, but again, the more genuine the danger the more people pretend it's business as usual.
So everyone ignoring the unprecedented means that despite rampant algorithmed extremism making politics more BINARY than its ever been, people still seem to prefer going into the weeds and/or missing the forest for the trees. It's how existential climate change SHOULD bring us together....
And by old-fashioned trust" I mean give the guy a MINUTE already and some respect; he's keeping us all afloat and he knows what he's doing more than anyone else. What part of TRULY dodging a bullet just zings right by everyone?!
Credit where credit's due how about? It'd be a new tack...
I thought we got rid of Stephen Harper in 2015. But I rejoiced too soon. He's back in the guise of Carney.