waterlaw

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by waterlaw 5y ago
Exactly. Canada does not* have many cities and much of the nation has little to no infrastructure. Even small towns are well >$600k for rundown detached houses here. There's multiple considerations. For example. If you need access t
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by waterlaw 5y ago
This comment reminds me of Carl Schmitt's observation that nothing in a Liberal Democracy prevents it from becoming totalitarian (or otherwise.) His books are more relevant today, as the state is re-establishing its authority to define
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by waterlaw 5y ago
I would say "working class" instead of middle class. I make 220k and can't afford a house without taking massive amounts of debt. The middle class is dead in the majority of Canada. Labor is being devalued exceedingly fast. T
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by waterlaw 5y ago
This is kinda unrelated, but I've been reading about the French Revolution lately. All this reminds me of the upcoming bourgeoisie that purchased up the land of France using the fiat currency the assignat. At auction. Our fiat currency
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by waterlaw 5y ago
It's actually disturbing how difficult it is to get ahead in a country like Canada while working insanely stressful $300k positions without taking on large amounts of debt. Even if you're making $300k. After taxes, your disposable
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by waterlaw 5y ago
This exactly. In a 52% tax bracket in Canada. Factor in sales tax. That's a 65% tax on new income. No point in getting a raise. Particularly, because the employer is going to expect >$100k in value from the employee to make up for t
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by waterlaw 5y ago
There's a recommendation in Ontario (Canada) against giving Moderna to males 18 - 24 "Ontario now recommending against Moderna vaccine for men 18-24 years old" https://torontosun.com/news/provincial/
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by waterlaw 5y ago
It doesn't matter. If you can't buy a house on leverage, you really can't buy a house. Take a quick look at house prices in Ontario. The list prices are understated and they're still too high. Add 20 - 30% for the sale p
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by waterlaw 5y ago
This is an opinion post on how Real Estate and other sectors took most of the wealth generated by the technology sector in Canada. https://palladiummag.com/2019/09/19/how-not-to-build-a-count... There's
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by waterlaw 5y ago
In the exact same position. Live in Canada making $200k. After taxes and pension that's $123k, because I'm self employed. After living expenses I have 90k left. To buy a house without a loan (religiously I don't do loans with
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by waterlaw 5y ago
The internet has a lot of benefits. My issues aren't with the internet, but advancements made with social media. The addictive nature of many platforms. The hivemind and lack of free thought I've noticed in many avenues of the int
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by waterlaw 5y ago
Honestly been struggling with mental illness and think the majority of it has come from internet use.
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by waterlaw 5y ago
> Social mobility stagnated in both countries as the winners from the Thatcher and Reagan revolutions consolidated their gains. But Britain is trying much harder than America to get it going once again. A combination of British angst and
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by waterlaw 5y ago
No happy with macOS or macbooks in general. The amount of defects and other miscellaneous issues I've encountered, along with numerous productivity losses moving from Windows and Linux. Makes no sense. My computer needs to function as
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by waterlaw 6y ago
The problem is that Western countries in general now seem incapable of building new cities. Particularly Canada. Government policy has destroyed Northern Ontario. Everyone is crowding into Southern Ontario. The defining trait of modern Cana
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by waterlaw 7y ago
I believe what he's referring to is this: > The word hypernormalisation was coined by Alexei Yurchak, a professor of anthropology who was born in Leningrad and later went to teach in the United States. He introduced the word in his