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Canadians might be slightly smarter than the Americans but that doesn't make them completely immune to populist tactics like the ones used by Trump/Pollievre.

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The banks in Canada are famously different than in the US. Canadian banks are less risky, and more stable, less predatory, and better regulated than in the US. That's why Canada faired much better in the '08 crash than the US. This is a point of national pride in Canada. So being a Canadian and Central banker isn't a bad thing in Canada.

So Carney won because he's a very good, charming, rational, well thought out intelligent speaker, with good credentials (the exact opposite of Trump). Also he's closer to center than Trudeau and sadly Trudeau became unpopular (for reasons I can't quite understand) and Pierre Pollievre was too similar to Trump .

@Bjorn K HolmstromThank you for the insights! Yes that definitely clarifies and further articulates what I ment. Also I think your take on this issue is very valuable when thinking about this topic for the purposes of being more loving to our fellow humans.

I should have clarified. When I said "how to solve racism" I ment on the individual level within ourselves personally. I'm not that arrogant to suggest that I have the answer for dispelling racism off the entire planet with one blog post. I also acknowledge that my method may only help some people and not everyone.

Appreciate the answer @Shermaningeorgia. You bring up good points. It's truly mind blowing how many excuses people come up with to hate each other. My favorite example of this ludicrousness is the hate fans have for fans of different sports teams from the same state or province! Great point you made. Since this is a forum where we go deep into the the nuances and subtleties of language and ideas I will clarify my original post. In no way am I suggesting one race is superior to another. The interesting thing about species is that it's an arbitrary distinction. Take for example a Chihuahua and a great Dane. For all practical purposes they can't reproduce due to size, yet they are classified as the same species. On the other hand there are many types of salamanders, such as the Ensatina salamander species, that look almost identical to each other, and can breed with each other too. Yet these salamanders are classified as different species (the only distinction is slight color variation and a geographic barrier). So my "radical" thought experiment is to temporary look at each other as different species. For us more cognitively developed folk this can open an interesting insight that can help appreciate each other. A developed person wouldn't be racist towards a newly discovered lost tribe of Neanderthals rather they would try and learn from them as much as possible and try and perserve them. I think forcing every human into the same category has its limits. This line of thinking had helped me "own" our differences and not try to sweep them under the rug. In fact I don't think cultures want to be swept under the rug of "sameness" Infact that's what gentrification is, isn't it? This helped me appreciate other races and perhaps it can help others too.

Imagine if you were in another country and someone wished you joy on one of their holidays. Would you say "I don't celebrate"?

How fascinating would it be to be able to encounter another species of humans like Homo neanderthalensis, Homo erectus, Homo habilis, Homo heidelbergensis, etc And yet that's exactly what we have: we get to encounter different variations of humans everyday. How incredible and lucky are we?

If cauliflower can be pizza you can be anything. But seriously it sounds like you should move on to avoid the emotional turmoil you described above.

Wish I didn't smoke weed, didn't have sex, didn't care about material possessions. Wish I saved all my money I could be retired by now.

Another great video by this guy

And Peter Thiel is behind it all..

This is simply not true for everybody. I would not feel more scared in this scenario because my neighbourhood is about 50% black. I don't have any negative experiences with black people to base my fear on. No that's not literally racist. Racism is defined by hate for a race. Being socially pressured to not perpetuate outdated and harmful stereotypes is a good thing even though it's unpleasant to experience sometimes.