Speculative economics is literally definitionally imaginary. In this case, it's because of real factors with Russia's GDP - the massive amount of trade embargoes on Russia meaning they can't really import or export a lot of the stuff they would have made money on, as well as them grinding all their young men (who would otherwise be working) into a pulp.

Alright. https://www.international.gc.ca/trade-commerce/trade-agreements-accords-commerciaux/agr-acc/cusma-aceum/nafta-cusma_aceum-alena.aspx?lang=eng

But it's not NAFTA, and has meaningfully different terms.

NAFTA hasn't existed for years.

Pretty sure we all know that. I've been using Linux full time for about 8 years now. I'm also EXTREMELY aware that I can't change what OS an organization runs. It's a systemic problem.

Absolutely not, it will be paying half my bus fare for school.

What a fucking joke. I will be spending my pitiful $250 and voting for the NDP.

I don't need a PSA about that, my intrusive thoughts play that in my head already!

You can't make me!

In the past, Vancouver police literally said "we're not targeting shroom dispensaries, there are bigger issues" basically verbatim lol. So probably that.

You're not wrong but compared to this era of fascism and education shunning TNG is pretty damn good still.

Government needs to decriminalize this already.

Yea, Discovery is the best case for virtue signaling being a real thing, which is unfortunate because Trek's literal entire thing is coming off as "common sense" while spreading a progressive message through allegory.

Do you travel by car much? There's lots of weird regional signs that only exist in certain counties. Not even a concern.

Stop de kindermoord

Commie blocks would help this country's housing crisis immensely. I double dog dare him.

That's because they're only one part of a whole solution. The issue was never the drugs themselves. The reasons people get addicted to drugs are largely systemic in nature. Systemic solutions for systemic problems.

I should lay out that I believe in housing as a basic human right and think that everyone is entitled to a safe and warm place to sleep. But even when arguing from a practical standpoint it's next to impossible to find a job that will hire a person with no address and possibly no government ID (need an address to get documents!). For people to even have the chance to turn their lives around they NEED a personal living space to store their belongings. Doesn't even need to be any more complex than a hotel room.

I understand the frustrations with safe consumption sites, but they are realistically solvable, and the only reason we haven't solved them is because all these politicians are too myopic to realize the long-term benefits of actually helping our communities. They do provide a real service with the guarantee of medical staff on hand and 100% pure doses that won't instantly kill you. The problem is that without all the other things in place they look very silly.

Take a break from sipping the debate bro juice.

Remember when Elon claimed to be a libertarian before literally joining the establishment Republicans? Libertarianism isn't real. "Libertarians" bend the knee to conservatives and fascists so quickly it doesn't matter what the ideology supposedly says. It doesn't matter that you didn't "say" anything about fascism. If you can't connect these two things, that is simply a failure in critical thinking.

Remember when Elon claimed to be a libertarian before literally joining the establishment Republicans? Libertarianism isn't real and if it is it bends the knee so quickly it doesn't matter. It doesn't matter that you didn't "say" anything about fascism. The fact you can't connect these two things is a failure in critical thinking.