Comments by "Grenade Tennis" (@hughjass1044) on "Nomad Capitalist"
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Most people will know that Justin Trudeau's father Pierre was also a Canadian prime minister from '68 to '79 and again from '80 to '84. He wrote a book about himself because.... of course he would. What narcissist doesn't think it's all about them and that the rest of the world wants to know all about them.
In it, he outlines how among many other things, he wanted to fundamentally and permanently alter the nature of Canadian political and social life as well as the very fabric of Canadian society. He would do this by way of such things as a massive and all-encompassing social welfare state, the nationalization of certain industries, mass immigration and multiculturalism and a slow but steady movement away from the US led western sphere and toward a much closer and friendlier relationship with countries such as Communist China, the USSR and their various allied satraps in Africa and Latin America.
He states in that book that three of the people he most admired were Lenin, Mao and Castro. It seems the apple does not fall far from the tree. His spawn has repeated much of what his father stated and on occasion, gone even further. When Castro died, he gave a heart wrenching, teary-eyed speech in which he referred to his "deep admiration and friendship" for Castro and has on multiple occasions, expressed his admiration for the basic dictatorial nature of the Chinese government.
Both Justin and his father are socialists in the truest nature of the word. Not "democratic socialists" or "social democrats" but real, true Marxist socialists. But to advertise oneself and campaign as such is not a winning formula so each was pragmatic enough cloak themselves in the garb of moderates but each man as PM reached out to the actual socialist party we have here in Canada; the NDP, brought them into government and the relationship between the two parties was never closer and more cordial and cooperative than it was during the premiership of the two Trudeaus.
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Great dads are a key to success. Andrew has one and so did I.
Nomad Dad talked about humility and character. I'm going to expand on that a bit by adding a couple of things my dad taught me; and which took me a while to really understand.
"You never know who's watching you and you never know when and from where, opportunity may present itself."
Out in the real world; the world of business and the world of life, you're going to cross paths with a LOT of people. Some you'll actually meet, most you won't but they could very well be observing you. If you stand out as either a good or a bad person, chances are, they'll remember you and if they happen to be someone in a position to benefit you, who knows where it could go.
This is how my dad went from being a struggling auto mechanic to having a great lifelong career in a business he never would have pursued - because someone he didn't even know was observing him at work and liked the way he operated.
It's also how I landed a really great retirement gig in a business I never would've considered. People you meet see you and are impressed with how you work and how you carry yourself could... right out of the blue... drop a dynamite opportunity in your lap.
In both my dad's case and mine, if we'd been acting like jerks or displaying unfavorable personal characteristics.... getting angry, stressed out, losing our cool, not caring about our work... opportunities that we never even knew were waiting for us would've kept right on going and we'd never have even known.
Have a great holidays, everyone!
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He ain't going anywhere. Just the latest big mouthed, over opinionated "celebrity" with an over inflated ego who thinks anyone gives a flying f*ck what he says or does.
These clowns are always threatening to leave the US.... as if anyone is supposed to care... but they never do. Yet if any business person, entrepreneur or investor says the same thing, they're 50 different kinds of traitor, bigot, quitter, greedy, blah, blah, blah.
Go ahead and renounce, Billy Jerk.... or drop dead..... All the same to me.
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This confirms two things I've been saying for a long time now -
First, even liberals don't believe the shit they're peddling! They ruin a place with layer upon layer of taxes and bureaucracy then after they realize the mess they've made, they decamp to a red state where - surprise, surprise! - they have lower taxes and more freedoms and then, because they've learned nothing, they proceed to start the process all over again!
This process will not stop nor reverse. There are NO "formerly" blue states. Every red state will eventually turn first purple then blue. Maybe not today; maybe not tomorrow, but eventually and once it's blue, that's it. It'll be blue forever; it'll never change back.
Andrew is right; moving to a red state may buy you some time but that's all it'll do. They'll get to you eventually. I already know people who are moving OUT of Texas!
The second thing it confirms is that the slightly wealthy - the ones Andrew calls the "7 & 8 figure" crowd are the ones who'll be in the most danger because A) you have just enough to be worthwhile coming after but B) not enough to effectively fight back.
The uber, uber wealthy (billionaires, corporations, etc) are not the real targets no matter what the politicians try to tell you. Those people have the resources to fight back and/or structure their affairs to avoid as much damage as possible.
Remember, governments and politicians are cowards at their core. They pick on those who they deem least likely/able to fight back.
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All good stuff, Dad. The thing is though, that apart from the term limits thing, most of the legacy brand countries had all those things in one form or another at some point.
But power corrupts, doesn't it? You hand a man the power to make laws, who's he going to make laws to benefit? Who's he going to put the restrictions on? Certainly not on himself. It always starts out fine but then, people being people, the rot slowly starts to seep in.
This is how empires fall. It almost never is the result of some outside force though that may be what ultimately finishes them off. No, it's always a case of a slow, steady rot from within, starting at the core and eventually working its way through the whole body until it can no longer function. That's what we're witnessing now.
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Jeez Andrew, this is the first time I have to disagree with you.
You rate Turkish Airlines highly and maybe today they are but my experience with them in the 90s was terrible! The airport was like a mob scene; I don't think they've even heard of lineups there. Everyone was just in one big mob pushing their way to the front of the line and the plane itself was dingy, smelly and smoky.
On the other hand, my experiences with Thai Airways were all wonderful. Clean planes, efficient service, smooth rides, on time... no complaints at all.
Honorable mention for SE Asia regional - Vietnam Airways though I only used them twice. Phnom Penh to HCM City - 35 minutes and they served 2 snacks and a lunch. And you could have eaten all of it off the floor of the plane, it was that clean! Great, smooth flight, friendly staff who all spoke fluent English (and French), loved it!
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It's Jug-Meat. Spelled Jagmeet but pronounced Jug-Meat.
And the NDP are what we call socialists around these parts..... because, you know.... the Bouffant Boy Wonder and his "Liberal" apparatchiks aren't quite socialist enough for us, apparently.
And if you're thinking about packing up and getting the f*ck out of Dodge, I'd do it soon because there's going to be a fall election which Fidel's boy is going to win in a landslide for two major reasons - 1) The Tories are a dumpster fire who collectively don't know whether their arseholes were bored or punched and 2) The student council president we call Mr. Prime Minister plans on promising everything imaginable AND actually delivering.
Tax and borrow, tax and spend, spend and borrow and around and around we go. Free childcare, free dental, free glasses, free college, free drugs..... you name it; free, free, FREE!! Pretty soon we'll all have our own assigned babysitter (unionized, of course) to feed us our din-dins and tuck us all into our beddy-byes.
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You know Russians, I know Russians, lots of people know Russians and many of the ones I know tell a somewhat different story about Navalny than what the western media likes to tell and that is that in reality, he was not what he was portrayed as. The western media is prone to manufacturing a certain image of people like Navalny based on the kind of person they'd like him to be and then pushing that on their audiences.
In the first place, he was as much of a nationalist as Putin is. In fact, most Russians are. That's why Putin is as popular as he is. Very few people in the west understand this fact about Russia or they willfully blind themselves to it. Navalny believed, as Putin does, in the expansion of Russia's borders and the re-establishment of the Russian empire. He supported the annexation of Crimea (again, the vast majority of Russians do) and the oppositions that he may have held to the Ukraine war had more to do with the way it was being prosecuted than anything else. In short, he was not the saint that many in the west think he was.
Secondly, and more importantly, he was admired in many circles in Russia for his opposition to corruption but not taken seriously as a leader. Many of the people I know have said that if he had ever stood for election against Putin in a free and fair contest, Putin would still win in a rout and that's because for whatever faults he may possess, Putin is seen as a strongman that can control the oligarchs and command respect abroad while Navalny was seen as a principled but terribly naïve figure who'd be unlikely to gain power and would probably be eaten alive by the thugs and gangsters who really rule Russia if he did.
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Something to think about -
At many universities across the country, everything is being segregated by race.... classes, dorms, clubs, even cafeterias. "Safe spaces" are everywhere and students regularly set curriculum and get professors silenced and fired.
Within about 5-10 years, those people will be running our governments, our media, our major corporations and, to an even greater extent than they are already,, our education system. This is our version of what the German communist Rudi Dutschke called "the long march through the institutions."
Have a great weekend!
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A slight clarification on India vis-à-vis Russia.....
They are not and never have been, fiercely pro-Russia. They are not fiercely pro-anybody. What they are is fiercely neutral, nationalistic, proud and independent. They are not interested in being in anybody's "camp" and the harder somebody tries to push them into one, the more they resist and turn towards the other. They are the modern embodiment of Lord Palmerston's famous quote - "We have no permanent allies and we have no permanent enemies. What we have are permanent interests."
As Modi has said - "I have 1/7th of the world's population. I'll make my own camp."
They have always kept their doors open to most anyone but they refuse to be anyone's "cheap date." They're not about to just fall in line with either the US, Russia, Europe, China nor anyone else just because someone thinks they should but they do take great pleasure in being obstinate and refusing to sing off of someone else's song sheet.
One thing they've never forgotten, or forgiven, was the US siding with Pakistan in the early days. The US may have felt they had their reasons for doing so, but from the Indian perspective, that is something that won't be soon nor easily overcome and it is that as much as anything that pushed them closer to the Soviets.
There are however, some serious cracks forming in the India/Russia relationship as India doesn't particularly enjoy being associated with a pariah state. They have also begun the slow but steady transition of their military away from Russian sourced gear towards that from western sources. The big winner in all that? The USA? Uh-uhh. France! See what I mean about India not wanting to dance to Uncle Sam's tune?
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