To the Manitobans here: What kinda NDP things has he done? Anything cool? Or is he just your run of the mill centre left big tent liberal?

Naah G🫟d gets angry if you say c🫟m. /s

You forgot the boybortion room

So you argue:

Government owned corps means that politics gets involved in the management of the corp which leads to inefficiencies. Ideas that sound politically popular (while not necessarily being logical) get executed over ideas that are logical.

But to this I argue, we already exist in a system where the state exists. If a state can regulate a market, it already means that it can regulate corporations by passing whatever laws it wants. Meaning, legally speaking, a state doesn’t even need to own a corporation to execute its will.

Let’s look at a scenario. Lewis comes to power. The rail companies aren’t owned by the government. However, Lewis knows he’ll get more votes if all rail workers get a raise of 20%. Hence, Lewis’s NDP passes a new piece of legislation WITHOUT even owning the rail companies called “Critical infrastructure labor investment plan”. Basically, it mandates rail workers among others a minimum wage 1.2x that of the federal minimum wage.

As long as the state exists, and as long as it is popular, it still can kinda do whatever it wants in this context.

Hence, while your argument isn’t wrong per say, the dangers it points at already exist. The fact that something like this isn’t happening in the market is evidence enough, isn’t it?

Yeah, the “losing jobs” explanation is bullshit. BUT, I still am not comfortable with the privatisation. A crown corp can still be operated WHILE profiting off stuff. Want to raise revenue to support new HSR? Raise the expected profit margins for the crown corps.

As for “liberating capital”, well that makes sense if we’re talking about a private corp, whose fundraising capacity is low. But when it comes to a well managed COUNTRY like Canada, you can raise funds very easily and cheaply.

You don’t have to sell off critical infrastructure to do that.

Same haha. Cool dialogue. Cool scene. But funny to see it randomly on 196

Sorry fellas, I did comment on this before here and again: The F35s are way way more superior than the Gripens for any conflict that doesn’t involve fighting the Americans.

If we have to fight the Americans, then we ain’t winning with planes (regardless of whether they are gripens or F35s). In that case, we’re winning with drones (a combination of Ukraine + Iran + Afghanistan).

Quite a few folks pointed to how F35s could be grounded simply by a potential remote kill switch. Again, if we have to fight the Americans, planes aren’t going to be useful in any manner. Our airstrips, maintenance facilities, fuel depots, all of it would be targeted and destroyed first. Gripens, F35s, it doesn’t matter - our planes would be grounded.

Ah sure, MOVING FORWARD, we should not make the mistake of purchasing American stuff again. But for the F35 program, backing out right now would hurt us more, no?

I mean the Danes have an even bigger reason than us to not buy F35s, and even they still went ahead with it in Oct 2025.

Now yes, using “we’ll buy Gripens instead of F35s” as a bargaining tool for the tariffs nonsense is definitely a good idea. Cuz uk, the US defense manufacturers and the GOP are close, and a threat to the flow of money could be useful to make the negotiations happen in our favor.

But if we’re looking at this from the standpoint of pure good faith, where we only look at defense capabilities for ourselves and NATO (through our armed forces), then the F35s are just better, no?

Sure, the SAAB offer to manufacture Gripens in Canada sounds really good. Better for our economy, our pockets. But in terms of raw defense capabilities? Not that much better, is it? Imo, it would just be a bad faith act to ourselves and our NATO allies, where we write “oooh we spent on defense” on paper, but didn’t actually better our capabilities.

Again, please be kind in the responses. I’m NOT a defense analyst, professional or amateur. Knowledge in this matter is low for me. I’m just looking at different opinions presented online and synthesising my own understanding/opinion.

Ethically speaking, yes. Bodily autonomy. But making it legal? Hmmm that’s complicated.

How do we determine if someone has truly consented? Imagine Mr. Beast organizing “to the death” duels with large prizes. Delusional individuals could get themselves killed when they actually don’t want to die. Or even desperate people. How about mental illnesses? How about drunken duels?

What if someone engages in a duel, but doesn’t die? More strain on the healthcare system, the foster care system and the disability benefits side of things

Listen, I’m all for MAID. But in maid, these factors are all checked out. Meaningful consent is obtained.

I mean these are things that I can think of first. I haven’t given this much thought, so forgive me if there are mistakes lol

Erasers shouldn’t look this tasty

Okay, question. What exactly is the Gripen good for? Asking because of ignorance, not as a gotcha.

From what I understand, our military purchases are to protect our borders against the Russians in the Arctic, the Americans in the south and also for NATO collective defense in Europe (where the largest aggressor is Russia).

Where in these cases would gripens be of any use compared to the f35s?

Against the Americans: Gripens or not, if we have to defend against them, we are kinda fucked. Our best bets would just be air defence/insurgency military hardware/drones/nukes if we can build them in event of escalation.

Against the Russians: We need to prepare to defend against the su57s, as that likely would make up their main thing for the decades to come. How would gripens help against that compared to the f35s?

As for the fears of Americans remotely disabling the f35s, well, we own the hardware, do we not? Can we not detect backdoors in advance right now, and come up with measures to remedy them? I mean how difficult is it really to flash different software when we have the hardware in our possession?

A consistent fleet of f35s would make stuff so much more efficient would it not? Getting a new plane from a new company, training maintenance crew on it, new pilots, etc. just seems… like a bad idea?

Ah, sure - moving away from US based platforms in the future makes perfect sense. Purchasing the successor of the f35 would be a bad idea, sure. Collaborating with the EU here would make more sense. But as for the current f35, I don’t understand the love for the Gripen.

Interesting. Is it open source? Licensed? Patented by anyone? Sorry, I know nothing about screws, but it feels like a good rabbit hole haha.

Which one in your opinion is the best general purpose screw? Basically something that should be the default?

I hate this doomerism. Generally speaking, things have gotten waaaay better in most parts of the world. Life expectancy is increasing, tech is getting better, gaming is getting more fun, many medical conditions that meant certain death don’t mean that anymore, cities (at least around me) are moving away from car centric planning and so on.

We have Jarvis now (sorta kinda). Looking at the future, we’re seeing potential treatments that could cure most cancers if not all. We’re seeing tech that could lead to labor post scarcity (sure, maybe not the timelines that the capitalists are proclaiming, but still).

On the progressive front, being queer is getting much easier than in the past. YES, THERE’S A LOT OF IMPROVEMENT NECESSARY HERE. But, there’s progress, not regression which this post claims.

Are there many things to work on? Yes. Can be do better? Yes. But I’m still very optimistic about the future and frankly, excited for it.

You can identify as a vegan kitty cat.

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Do you write?

YESSS!!! Credit unions ftw. Always much much better customer service, interest rates (for both, loans and investments).

Also, equal member ownership over means of production. So if you’re a leftist, you definitely definitely should consider these fellas.

I’m not liking the Liberals being so strong in Parliament. They need a proper counterbalance.

Of course haha

First I was like “isn’t Jessica a lesbian?”. Then I saw your profile banner.