This was a comment on a post about the Trump/Putin meeting and I found it very well written.
Steve from Rockwood
August 16, 2025 at 12:59 pm
In 2017 I was a director of an oil and gas company based in Texas and we were sued by one of our suppliers. Our contract called for mediation by an independent person who was appointed to our case. We met at a neutral location all together in one room. After the basic rules and hoped outcomes were discussed we were divided into 2 groups (our group in one room with a mediator and their group in another room also with a mediator).
During separate mediation we wrote down on a white board the main issues from our side, starting with the major points first. We then regrouped as one with the white boards side-by-side. The mediator noted that both sides had written down about 6 main points. The mediator then attempted to delete one item from each board starting at the bottom. Both sides immediately erupted in objections and after a long period of arguing the ...
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The Brutal Truth
Russia operates an efficient kleptocracy where rules are clear - stay out of politics, live normally. Corruption is systematic but predictable.
Pre-war Ukraine was objectively a failed state with active warfare, economic collapse, complete oligarch control, and institutional breakdown. The "democracy" narrative was propaganda.
Canada has become a sophisticated kleptocracy that maintains democratic theater while conducting systematic corruption ($1+ billion across multiple scandals), weaponizing finances against citizens, and allowing massive foreign interference while the media provides cover.
For day-to-day life of common people:
Russia: Stable, improving economically, politically restrictive but predictable
Pre-war Ukraine: Poverty, war, institutional collapse - objectively worst
Canada: High costs, government incompetence, emerging authoritarianism disguised as democracy
The evidence shows Canada's corruption now rivals or ...
This is now becoming bloody scary in Canada….
Khalistan extremists are now forming militias inside Canada
The Liberals have imported absolute garbage into our country
We asked them to bring doctors and engineers over here
They gave us gangsters, scammers, terrorists instead
What a mess
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