You are harming the narrative that Canada is categorically friendly and peaceful.

One redeeming feature of the history is that refugees of slavery in the US were able to find protection in Canada, though it was often quite difficult for them to reach.

I know, but the context is a pretense that liberal politicians are benevolent.

Your attitude is exactly the one that has brought us to the rise of Mein Orangutan, of demanding no more than whatever seems slightly more favorable than the worst case possible.

Advancing conditions for the base of the population would depend on much more than simply voting in national elections for the Democratic Party. In fact, it requires looking beyond the two-party machine, by organizing local campaigns, worker unions, and direct action.

The Democratic Party is not coming to save us.

No one is coming to save us.

We can be saved only by doing the work to take care of each other, to protect each other, and to relate to each other as members of community.

Imperialist atrocities are excusable when they are ordered by someone claiming to be queer friendly.

Licking boots is fun when they are worn by someone claiming to be queer friendly.

States function according to their strategic interests and trade relations, not as pot luck dinners.

Trump does nothing himself. Sham justice carries the support of the entire political establishment.

You should expect that a kangeroo court has already been arranged.

The relationship of Latin states with the US has never been of negotiation between equal peers. South and Central America are subjugated under the colonialism of the US. They are kept poor because their economies are structured to be dependent on trade with the US.

The true effect will be to affirm the urgency for such states to develop deeper integration with the Russia-China power axis.

The state is not the only system of consolidated power.

The press obviously is tightly controlled by its wealthy owners.

Taiwan is a colony.

The overall dynamics are fundamentally comparable.

Framing Iraq and Saddam as stockpiling weapons and being linked to Al Queda is exactly analogous to framing Venezuela and Maduro as linked to Americans struggling with drug addiction. Further, both invasions are blood for oil. The mechanics of imperialism remains broadly consistent.

Understanding the past developments with clarity opens a chance to achieve effective solutions for the most serious problems.

Society will not return to the past.

The consensus of uneasy contentment with the status quo has been shattered, and the pressures toward change are immense.

The way forward, whether it develops favorably or unfavorably, will be new and different.

At minimum, it would be necessary to dismantle settler-colonialism in Palestine, meaning an end to the “Jewish state”.

Many seem to believe that if Trump died in office, the situation would return to a normalcy from before his first administration. It’s tiresome, lazy thinking.

Too much blame on the individual and not enough blame on the system

I agree. Bibi is a symptom, not the actual malady.

Loopholes are allowed for corporations and the wealthy.

The rest of us live under a draconian implementation of the law.

I think we may assume corporations would still be allowed to operate VPN. The ban would target commercial services that provide anonymity.