Comments by "" (@manofsan) on "Jordan B Peterson Clips"
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I don't agree with them that the identity politics rainbow of oppression is some new invention. Identity politics dominated the Colonial era, where control was maintained through divide-and-rule. It's no coincidence that the American Revolution, one of the first major blows against colonialism, happened very quickly after the start of the Industrial Revolution. The onset of the Industrial Revolution triggered the decline of the Colonial era, and the rise of communism brought about its demise by expressly inverting class politics and promoting class warfare. It's due to the decline of industrialism in the West that the preceding Colonial era practices of identity politics for divide-and-rule have returned. Industrial decline has driven a forced migration up the value chain, pushing competition for scarcer seats in education, with certain groups (eg. whites, asians) being told they're over-represented and thus need not apply. It's now down to a valuation-based economy based on property ownership. It's ironic then that the conversation mentions landlords as usurpers of working class wealth, when Canada has the most land of any country. Rent-seeking is based on resource inelasticity, and Canada's large geography should make it the most elastic real estate market. The problem is due to paucity of infrastructure outside of built-up areas, which thus condemns the population to those existing built-up areas. Canada should have therefore invested in useful remedies like technologies for off-grid housing, off-grid communications, etc, to help people live farther out and thus open up the land space as much as possible. Starlink wasn't invented in Canada, even though Canadians have been among the earliest beneficiaries of it. Robotic farming could likewise be very useful in the future. The continued trend toward global warming will especially benefit Canada in particular, by expanding the growing season. These are things which can benefit Canada's future.
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