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Everyone should probably consume less news but what is happening in the US right now will have a dramatic effect on our northern neighbors so I don't think bein

Everyone should probably consume less news but what is happening in the US right now will have a dramatic effect on our northern neighbors so I don't think being informed on the happenings is the worst idea

brailsafe 2y ago
If you're constantly consuming American news, you might think so, but I'm skeptical anything sufficiently significant is so worth a Canadian occupying their mind with. > what is happening in the US right now will have a dramatic effect So... what is that and why would it have a dramatic effect? How do you define dramatic effect? We have our own issues that people are surprisingly uninformed about (to be fair, it's just an impression I get, I'm also only as informed as I am, there's only so much one can devote to it compared to the result), and yet deeply affected by. For example, a huge portion of people are affected by being priced out of having a home or even a stable life, yet they most likely couldn't name which level of government has authority over which (high level) facets of policy that might be related to that, or who any of the housing ministers are, and won't get off their ass to vote. I'm not convinced that for an average Canadian, other than getting something to talk about, it is or has been in recent memory at all useful to pay attention to American news, to such an extent that functionally zero aspect of most people's lives would have even a marginally different outcome having been completely ignorant. That's not to say that aren't _at_all_ useful things to keep up with depending on who you are, but it's wildly unlikely in my opinion that's going to come general news media.
mym1990 2y ago
Given the information on the "happenings" of US politics, what is someone to do with that information other than moan and groan?

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Everyone should probably consume less news but what is happening in the US right now will have a dramatic effect on our northern neighbors so I don't think bein

by BadHumans 2y ago

brailsafe 2y ago
If you're constantly consuming American news, you might think so, but I'm skeptical anything sufficiently significant is so worth a Canadian occupying their mind with. > what is happening in the US right now will have a dramatic effect So... what is that and why would it have a dramatic effect? How do you define dramatic effect? We have our own issues that people are surprisingly uninformed about (to be fair, it's just an impression I get, I'm also only as informed as I am, there's only so much one can devote to it compared to the result), and yet deeply affected by. For example, a huge portion of people are affected by being priced out of having a home or even a stable life, yet they most likely couldn't name which level of government has authority over which (high level) facets of policy that might be related to that, or who any of the housing ministers are, and won't get off their ass to vote. I'm not convinced that for an average Canadian, other than getting something to talk about, it is or has been in recent memory at all useful to pay attention to American news, to such an extent that functionally zero aspect of most people's lives would have even a marginally different outcome having been completely ignorant. That's not to say that aren't _at_all_ useful things to keep up with depending on who you are, but it's wildly unlikely in my opinion that's going to come general news media.
mym1990 2y ago
Given the information on the "happenings" of US politics, what is someone to do with that information other than moan and groan?