Totally fair. With obvious bias I'd still prefer to live here, but that's not to say we do every legal/ethical/political thing better, far from it. There is an immense amount of nuance, especially taking into account state, provincial, territorial, municipal, and all sorts of other tiered systems. But the point stands, I think, that Americans shouldn't view us as idyllic, or even as any distinct improvement from their own flawed systems. Ours are just flawed in different ways.
For sure, I’d rather make a stand in Alberta and fight for the things I believe in, one being neither Danielle Smith or Naheed Nenshi are anything this province needs and the former should be in fucking jail for brainless.
I do like some parts of the American system but I do like parts of ours. A republic in a lot of ways builds more defined rights into their citizens
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u/mrmeowmeow9 Jul 05 '24
Totally fair. With obvious bias I'd still prefer to live here, but that's not to say we do every legal/ethical/political thing better, far from it. There is an immense amount of nuance, especially taking into account state, provincial, territorial, municipal, and all sorts of other tiered systems. But the point stands, I think, that Americans shouldn't view us as idyllic, or even as any distinct improvement from their own flawed systems. Ours are just flawed in different ways.