Pierre Trudeau Liberal
@trudeauliberal.bsky.social
Canadian. Student and admirer of the political thought and philosophy of Pierre Elliot Trudeau, Canada's last Father of Confederation.
But people don't want to know things, they want to blame capitalism or the Jews or whatever thing they already disliked.
February 17, 2026 at 8:06 PM
But people don't want to know things, they want to blame capitalism or the Jews or whatever thing they already disliked.
Too many people are mean online, for too many nonsense reasons. One of the worst social effects of social media is the bullying.
February 17, 2026 at 8:04 PM
Too many people are mean online, for too many nonsense reasons. One of the worst social effects of social media is the bullying.
The ideology of the "free market", in theory, is about free economic competition, without regulation or law or state control. Anyone can do and say and sell and buy anything to anyone, and let the best business win. This isn't how Sauron is depicted in Lord of the Rings, which was the original point
February 17, 2026 at 7:21 PM
The ideology of the "free market", in theory, is about free economic competition, without regulation or law or state control. Anyone can do and say and sell and buy anything to anyone, and let the best business win. This isn't how Sauron is depicted in Lord of the Rings, which was the original point
Sauron is not capitalism. Mordor more resembles the industrialized totalitarianism of the 20th century, like the Nazis or Soviets, than any kind of strictly capitalist system. Sauron's evil is power and control, not the anarchistic and short sighted greed we associate with capitalism.
February 17, 2026 at 5:36 PM
Sauron is not capitalism. Mordor more resembles the industrialized totalitarianism of the 20th century, like the Nazis or Soviets, than any kind of strictly capitalist system. Sauron's evil is power and control, not the anarchistic and short sighted greed we associate with capitalism.
If America has a problem with Canada seeking diplomatic relations with China, well America ought to have reconsidered its stated policies and aims towards Canada. You have no one to blame but yourselves.
February 17, 2026 at 3:11 AM
If America has a problem with Canada seeking diplomatic relations with China, well America ought to have reconsidered its stated policies and aims towards Canada. You have no one to blame but yourselves.
How does the saying go? "The society that separates its scholars from its warriors will have its thinking done by cowards and its fighting done by fools"
Of course, Hegseth is both a coward and a fool. How efficient of him.
Of course, Hegseth is both a coward and a fool. How efficient of him.
February 17, 2026 at 1:05 AM
How does the saying go? "The society that separates its scholars from its warriors will have its thinking done by cowards and its fighting done by fools"
Of course, Hegseth is both a coward and a fool. How efficient of him.
Of course, Hegseth is both a coward and a fool. How efficient of him.
Hissy fit? The American president threatened to annex us by economic coercion.
If you don't like your country, Mr. Jivani, you are free to leave. Don't let the door hit you on your way out.
If you don't like your country, Mr. Jivani, you are free to leave. Don't let the door hit you on your way out.
February 17, 2026 at 12:55 AM
Hissy fit? The American president threatened to annex us by economic coercion.
If you don't like your country, Mr. Jivani, you are free to leave. Don't let the door hit you on your way out.
If you don't like your country, Mr. Jivani, you are free to leave. Don't let the door hit you on your way out.
What kind of socialism are we talking here though? Post-WW2 welfare state liberal socialism, Marxian dictatorship of the proletariat, or what? I do believe in most Western countries there is an appetite for more robust states and public goods, but the old-style revolutionary socialism maybe less so.
February 16, 2026 at 10:53 PM
What kind of socialism are we talking here though? Post-WW2 welfare state liberal socialism, Marxian dictatorship of the proletariat, or what? I do believe in most Western countries there is an appetite for more robust states and public goods, but the old-style revolutionary socialism maybe less so.
READ THEORY
February 16, 2026 at 10:44 PM
READ THEORY
This nonsense is totally incoherent. "Winning must be the objective, not politics"
Okay, what is the definition of victory? What are the win conditions? Hmm, these seem like political questions...
Okay, what is the definition of victory? What are the win conditions? Hmm, these seem like political questions...
February 16, 2026 at 10:43 PM
This nonsense is totally incoherent. "Winning must be the objective, not politics"
Okay, what is the definition of victory? What are the win conditions? Hmm, these seem like political questions...
Okay, what is the definition of victory? What are the win conditions? Hmm, these seem like political questions...
Warfighting kinetic platform systems.
February 16, 2026 at 10:41 PM
Warfighting kinetic platform systems.
Mr. Starmer is such a perplexing figure to me. He is the Prime Minister of the United Kingdom. A prime minister in a Westminster democracy with a commanding majority in the Parliament, such as he has, is an immensely powerful figure. Yet he seems unwilling or unable to exercise his own powers?
February 16, 2026 at 6:56 PM
Mr. Starmer is such a perplexing figure to me. He is the Prime Minister of the United Kingdom. A prime minister in a Westminster democracy with a commanding majority in the Parliament, such as he has, is an immensely powerful figure. Yet he seems unwilling or unable to exercise his own powers?
I'd say it's true of reactionaries, which many so-called conservatives are in fact. And the other thing is, you can have legitimate grievances but also make illegitimate or irrational demands for redressing your grievances.
February 16, 2026 at 6:54 PM
I'd say it's true of reactionaries, which many so-called conservatives are in fact. And the other thing is, you can have legitimate grievances but also make illegitimate or irrational demands for redressing your grievances.
It is weird. I think it's weirder that they felt we needed a Mufasa prequel.
February 16, 2026 at 6:46 PM
It is weird. I think it's weirder that they felt we needed a Mufasa prequel.
Do any of these morons know the fact that Sparta needed Persian financing to defeat Athens? And that Sparta subsequently got the tar beaten out of it by Thebes and then by Macedon?
Does no one notice that the modern capital city of Greece is Athens, and not Sparta?
Does no one notice that the modern capital city of Greece is Athens, and not Sparta?
February 16, 2026 at 6:19 PM
Do any of these morons know the fact that Sparta needed Persian financing to defeat Athens? And that Sparta subsequently got the tar beaten out of it by Thebes and then by Macedon?
Does no one notice that the modern capital city of Greece is Athens, and not Sparta?
Does no one notice that the modern capital city of Greece is Athens, and not Sparta?
But you cannot achieve that. The goods provided by liberal modernity inherently demand the social environment of liberal modernity.
You can't build the atom bomb without "Jewish physics".
You can't build the atom bomb without "Jewish physics".
February 16, 2026 at 6:11 PM
But you cannot achieve that. The goods provided by liberal modernity inherently demand the social environment of liberal modernity.
You can't build the atom bomb without "Jewish physics".
You can't build the atom bomb without "Jewish physics".
It is another example of the basic contradictory thought of right wing reactionaries. As Dr. Hancox-Li has noted in her own works, they want the goods of liberal modernity economically, technologically, and militarily, but they want to reject the social system that sustains it.
February 16, 2026 at 6:10 PM
It is another example of the basic contradictory thought of right wing reactionaries. As Dr. Hancox-Li has noted in her own works, they want the goods of liberal modernity economically, technologically, and militarily, but they want to reject the social system that sustains it.
The author doesn't want soldiers to think like politicians, but does want soldiers to be experts in strategy. This is contradictory. Strategy and politics necessarily must go together, as Clausewitz wrote.
February 16, 2026 at 6:08 PM
The author doesn't want soldiers to think like politicians, but does want soldiers to be experts in strategy. This is contradictory. Strategy and politics necessarily must go together, as Clausewitz wrote.
People that use leftist and progressive language, and maybe even earnestly believes in it, but whose main occupation and contribution to online spaces is directing hate, vitriol, and harassment at whatever people can be deemed acceptable targets.
February 16, 2026 at 8:01 AM
People that use leftist and progressive language, and maybe even earnestly believes in it, but whose main occupation and contribution to online spaces is directing hate, vitriol, and harassment at whatever people can be deemed acceptable targets.
The thing being observed isn't the longhouse, the cathedral, Neo Marxism, the intolerant left, trans activists, or whatever thing the right wing paranoiac is fixated on. The actual thing being observed is, basically, cyberbullying from networks of, for lack of a better term, haters.
February 16, 2026 at 7:51 AM
The thing being observed isn't the longhouse, the cathedral, Neo Marxism, the intolerant left, trans activists, or whatever thing the right wing paranoiac is fixated on. The actual thing being observed is, basically, cyberbullying from networks of, for lack of a better term, haters.
I actually believe that this is the factual basis of right winger's complaints about "trans activists", "leftist academics", whatever grievance they have. There is a grain of observation to lend credence to their grievances and paranoia, but they aren't observing what they think they're observing.
February 16, 2026 at 7:49 AM
I actually believe that this is the factual basis of right winger's complaints about "trans activists", "leftist academics", whatever grievance they have. There is a grain of observation to lend credence to their grievances and paranoia, but they aren't observing what they think they're observing.
At the same time, we also must be relentlessly objective and rational, even ruthless, about government policy. Liberalism can build strength, but our liberal leadership must still make responsible, intelligent decisions to make the most of the resources and capacities of our state.
February 16, 2026 at 6:58 AM
At the same time, we also must be relentlessly objective and rational, even ruthless, about government policy. Liberalism can build strength, but our liberal leadership must still make responsible, intelligent decisions to make the most of the resources and capacities of our state.
The fascists love the language of strength, but their aims and plans lead to weakness, stupidity, division, and failure. The Canadian electorate wants a strong Canada, and what Canadian liberals must embrace is showing how our liberalism IS strength.
February 16, 2026 at 6:56 AM
The fascists love the language of strength, but their aims and plans lead to weakness, stupidity, division, and failure. The Canadian electorate wants a strong Canada, and what Canadian liberals must embrace is showing how our liberalism IS strength.
Welcome to Canada
February 16, 2026 at 6:54 AM
Welcome to Canada