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Iuliana Calin's avatar

Although I applaud the attempt to separate emotions from logic, I think in this day and age the success of Trump and other populists show that emotions matter and speak to the masses. I am voting for emotion and glad that Canadians have become patriotic.

Regarding your point, yes if the integration was proposed not by a bully, but perhaps by someone like Biden, maybe Canadians would have been opened to it. But it comes from Trump who likes Putin, as we can all see lately, so it’s a no. The other point is that Canada is different that the States, and USA like any big empire is in decline. Why would we become part of country that is in decline, that has more inequality, where it’s great to be rich but very very bad to be poor? With all the problems Canada has, we are not as divided as the USA.

I think this is an opportunity for Canada to become ambitious, economically to focus on the entire world, to invest in défense and innovation.

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Jesse Hirsh's avatar

I believe that logic and emotions are inseparable, but I agree that the vast majority of Canadians are not currently able to think about these issues logically (yet). Great post. 👊

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