"...The lesson of that experience: Reformers must go much farther much faster than they believe else they risk being discredited. Transitional government often worry that the public is not ready for radical change. In this sense, they are mostly always wrong. The time is long-past due. If they do not, they put everything at risk and bring to power the Robespierres and Lenins, fanatics who wreak havoc.”
There's a lot in this article that applies to Canada as well. Reformers like DS risk being run over from behind if they don't act quickly enough. She has made a major mistake in not cutting taxes because this is a focal point for her detractors
https://www.malone.news/p/medical-freedom-movement-circular
While Beijing-backed hackers infiltrated Canadian telecoms, federal and B.C. leaders quietly financed a billion-dollar shipbuilding deal with a Chinese state firm—then tried to pass the buck.
https://theoppositionnewsnetwork.substack.com/p/ottawa-funded-the-china-ferry-dealthen
Some of these things I still miss
I grew up without safe spaces.
I grew up without trigger warnings.
I drank water from the hose.
I ate peanuts in class.
None of us wore a helmet.
Kids got hurt. We fell down. And we signed a lot of casts.
We couldn’t pause TV. We’d call out “It’s on!” as soon as the commercials started to end (for those who had left the room). And we watched our favourite shows as a family.
There was no next day delivery.
There was no bundle this with that.
There was no internet. Skip the Dishes didn’t exist.
Fast food was not the norm. It was easier to eat healthy. There were home phones. There was VH.........