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For real, I tried having a conversation elsewhere about our politics and govt in general and the person I was talking to just kept repeating that the Carney Liberals hate freedom and shit.

I just want to discuss how we actually get better representation, and these idiots are all yelling into the void about how they hate the Libs, without even a single syllable spent on who would be doing better for us and how we can get them in power.

At this point I just assume most people are at least far right politically, and I'm so far left there's zero point in even having a discussion with them. It's exhausting.

on Life is confusing · c/memes · 3 pts · 1d

You can get by with just a pinky but it's tough when you're still young and in school. Kids can be so mean.

Just repeating the same shit over and over isn't going to result in any kind of discussion about how to actually move forward. You just seem mad that "your team" didn't win this round with no evidence whatsoever to support your apparent claims that someone else would be superior in the current political climate.

I've personally stopped a 70+ yar old woman from taking Bitcoin out of one of those ATMs. The scam isn't the ATM itself (it is, but not in this context) it's the dude sitting overseas (usually) that's running a social engineering scam.

The fact you're dead set on nothing more than "Liberals bad" without any actual thought spent to which politicians are actually in favour of things we collectively want says everything needed about your complete lack of actual understanding about politics.

Just another pot stirrer with thing of substance to add.

You know full well "your team" wouldn't do anything different than the Liberals, and yet you can do nothing but yell into the void about how the liberals are bad. The reality is they're all largely all shit, and none of them want to help us. So insofar as that point you're correct. Where your whole ideology falls apart is that you're not even willing to put words to what you actually want and who might actually accomplish it.

Sad really, I was hoping for better interaction from Lemmy, but it's clear that most folks only want to complain and not discuss solutions at all.

Good luck with that I suppose.

150 years ago when they were displacing the natives sure.

That history doesn't really matter the minute they have to compete with a Romanian or Pole for a job in the oil fields.

It's not about trust. I'm just telling you how it is.

Ask any blue collar worker here what they think of the TFW program, they don't like it.

It will help that the Europeans are generally white but the complaints will be the same quick enough.

One of the reasons the UK just left the EU is because people were upset about immigration. One of the reasons Trudeau stepped down is because people were pissed about his immigration policies. Canada is in no way special and you will see the right wind this shit up immediately.

They like the idea because it's vague and fits whatever they imagine it could be.

The minute someone talks about letting the people from Eastern Europe work here they will lose their shit.

Like make us the 51st State without resistance?

I won't argue the Liberals are a tragedy for Canadian citizens on most topics including Climate, but I am also not of the opinion that any other option available to us would have dealt with the Fascist States of America as well as he has so far.

Are you of the opinion that Poiievre would have done a better over all job, or would you have wanted Singh deal with Trump and his ilk?

I suspect none of them would have been putting our environment first, and all three would definitely be getting vary different results across all political subjects.

I'm sure you're probably right, but do you believe our Government to be capable of actual high tech solutions to something like scamming 70+ year old grandma's out of their money? Our same Government (along with most of the rest of the Western world) that is actively making it so encryption will be heavily curtailed, if not made completely illegal "for the children".

Just because 2% or so of the population has a grasp of how Crypto stuff works doesn't make it reasonable for the majority. There may be the odd older non tech background person that'll learn all about it, but that's not even going to be even a meaningful minority.

So, you've brought up your (honestly relatively minor but valid, all things considered) issues with how they're dealing with Crypto ATMs and the scams we all know are happening every single day.

You've not commented on any other point I made, I'd like to hear what the Govt is doing against Cash. And whom you think is a viable solution that'll actually do what we the citizenry need VS. what big business is going to force on us. Pointing out the issues while using inflammatory language generally doesn't lead to any outcomes you might actually want, as much as it'd be nice if it did.

Which political group are you suggesting should get support, and why do you believe they actually deserve it? I've no idea how old you are, but in my 42 years, I've yet to see any of them stand up against big business, obviously the Liberals being lead by an objectively Big Business C level isn't going to do much of anything for citizens directly, they always think that supporting business directly supports us, which it does not and has not in my entire life.

If we're just here to criticize Carney and the Liberal party of Canada, that's fine. But we're never going to collectively solve anything if we can't even discuss their political actions reasonably.

So, we know for absolutely sure that scammers are in fact using Crypto ATM's for their scams. While I get that it's a hassle if you want to use an ATM for such a transaction, how many people in the crypto spaces actually use those ATM's for non crime related shit? Most everyone I know involved in crypto would never trust an ATM style machine.

Are you running into people using those particular ATM's in the Crypto space, or are you just disliking how the govt is responding to scammers?

While I don't disagree that they are very unlikely to reign in any of the Tech Bro's, stating it in that way makes it sound like you believe that if someone else were in the Liberals position, that they'd actually do what is best for the citizens of this Country.

Expecting anything other than right leaning centrism from the Liberals is incredibly foolish, that's all they are and all they've been for my entire life. Even if the NDP were in (which is an incredible long shot), I'd be incredibly surprised if they actually did any of the things that would objectively help the citizenry before the Epstein class.

Also, I've not heard of anything the Liberals are doing with Monero or Cash, care to share any info?

on *Permanently Deleted* · c/asklemmy · 2 pts · 4d

Volunteer in my community, be a neighborhood nuisance trying to spark up conversation with Gen z in public, actively annoy my member of Parliament about issues I'm upset about, other stuff im sure.