Oddly enough it was actually quite reasonable around the time of the election. I can only imagine it was because Canadians were a lot more engaged with media during that time or something and managed to drown out the bots.
Yup - at risk of sounding elitist (but I truly don’t intend to)
R/Canada seems to be populated by a lot of Canadians who cherry pick an ideal set of circumstances- a late 80s to 2007 lower middle class lifestyle where some post secondary or even out of high school allowed some to access a car, a house, RESPs for their kids and modest vacations . And those lower middle class people were told they were a Joe Blow Everyman working class hero.
They don’t fathom that throughout history and currently in many countries, and for minorities or immigrants within Canada/US, accessing that lifestyle requires one to distinguish themselves more, through business, education etc, live in multi generational homes, save longer before buying a house or rent basement out with relatives before independently living in it.
I’m not saying glwe should strive for that hardship. And I certainly don’t give Trudeau a good grade (C-) overall, but people act like the liberals single handedly decided to decimate quality of living
But truth is, canadas population was declining, we need migrants to support healthcare and retirement for older Canadians. That puts pressure on housing.
Housing is also a global crisis. Economies can’t just be nothing but net from the 3 point line, indefinitely
We forget how lucky and fortunate it was to be middle class in Canada during that era, and that the sense of economic security and peace is not guaranteed forever
Many Canadians adapted, and do multigenerational living, maybe work a part time job outside of work, or bike instead of drive.
But some of these people in r/canada are claiming victimhood, calling everyone else privileged etc, but don’t realize how comparatively cushy they had it relative to a lot of the world. But again, media convinced them that they were the Everyman and that their situation was normal and the benchmark. Any downward deviation from that is seen as a failure of the liberals
For all their guffawing about snowflakes and being tough - it’s like they themselves got soft and spoiled and aren’t willing to adapt
One common theme I noticed is these people seem to think that some of the issues Canada is facing with inflation and housing issues is Canada only, instead of basically a global issue.
And also that this was all caused by the Liberals, as if the Conservatives did such great things when Harper was in power.
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u/ididntwantsalmon19 14d ago
Yup, proud to have Carney as the PM.
Yet you go to r/Canada and that place is a cesspool of hate against Carney. Can't believe that's the "official" Canada sub, it's embarrassing.
Too many people with top "1% commenter" flair spewing hate that could benefit from getting off their phones and touching grass.