Thoughts on BC Politics and More

We are nearing the end of week one in the race to become the next government of Canada; that makes this commentary by Garret Seinen (from December 2018) seems appropriate ... especially given the back and forth we are seeing on Social Media .   It’s easy to see how far an absurd idea can travel. It’s also easy to see that the proponent of an absurdity often doesn’t have the intellectual capacity to originate, or to sell, that idea.

Expecting reason and balance in an election campaign would be nice, but on the long-established record, amounts to wishful thinking, in the highest degree of naivety. Without indicating any preference, I am reposting some of my previous thoughts on how voters make choices. Before I start, a couple of comments: First ... a vote for the “ least bad ” is still a choice. Or, as the French philosopher, Voltaire (1694-1778) said, almost 250 years ago, " the perfect is the enemy of the good ". Second ... based on the record of most of the “winners”, we can be assured that the leaders are lying about their plans on one or more major campaign issues. But then, we have to anticipate which direction the “winners” are likely to move in (as in party philosophy or to whom they owe their election – monied interests, business, labour, seniors, youth, wealthy, poor, churches, etc) when “the rubber hits the road”. I have observed at least 15 motivators (...