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Originally Posted by Truenorth00
It's necessary to break up the typical Canadian sour grapes small mindedness that is often lacking in facts and driven by our own assumptions and projections regarding the situation. That's how we end up with the ridiculous assumption that the Australians are half-wits whom the Americans are taking advantage of. Obviously, if Canada isn't in a club, it's probably pointless.
Resource extraction really has dented brains in this country. I swear.
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Ultimately, one kind of has to accept what the country is at this juncture. Not
like what it is, but accept it.
The only thing that can survive multiple governments with respect to foreign affairs and military investment is the near minimum. Go ambitious and one pays for it politically. Opportunities missed are hypotheticals, money spent today is an actual line item.
I'm not even sure how one would drive the conversation to ambition today. A bunch of Ukrainian flags were flown in February/March 2022. A couple of years later? There's not too many of them flying still. The spectre of another Trump Presidency? The last one didn't move the needle, but elicited maximum tut-tutting.
Like any long-term problem which requires long-term planning, it seems beyond the locals' capabilities. Fine, if there's an elite that can continue to drive that conversation beyond the average citizen can do. Or lack of retained elite (they tend to flee to the US) has some upsides, but the loss of strategic vision is a big downside.
Late 40-something guys who never chose a direction in life. Ended up nowhere in a career, with no savings, and feeling their age creep up on them.