I used to genuinely believe that Canadians, Anglo Canadians anyway, were fundamentally good, decent people. Particularly when I compared us to cultures I encountered during travels abroad. COVID changed my opinion. Canadians are not fundamentally good. We are fundamentally harmless. We are not strong people who choose not to hurt one another; we are incapable of imposing our wills on the world. Our people have proven to be every bit as susceptible to state propaganda as East Germans ratting one another out to the STASI; every bit as willing to conform to government dictates as Muslims forcing women into burkas when the ayatollahs take over. It's been a disheartening year, losing faith in my own people.
I used to genuinely believe that Canadians, Anglo Canadians anyway, were fundamentally good, decent people. Particularly when I compared us to cultures I encountered during travels abroad. COVID changed my opinion. Canadians are not fundamentally good. We are fundamentally harmless. We are not strong people who choose not to hurt one another; we are incapable of imposing our wills on the world. Our people have proven to be every bit as susceptible to state propaganda as East Germans ratting one another out to the STASI; every bit as willing to conform to government dictates as Muslims forcing women into burkas when the ayatollahs take over. It's been a disheartening year, losing faith in my own people.