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Originally Posted by haligonia
I was talking simply of the article and it's content, not of the context in which it sits. (Bosquet's previous articles). I still don't agree with Tim's entire belief system however I think that this article has a good point. Still a bit whiney, but a point nonetheless.
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I don't completely disagree with everything, but its moreso the presentation of the POV.
I think that the North American, oil/car dependent, military industrial complex is unfortunate.
The difference between myself and this guy is I actually try to find solutions to these problems... such as high density development in the core of cities and public transportation. To say this is some sort of elite class in Halifax is pretty funny given how much of a big government town that Halifax is. Halifax has consistently voted NDP, so what is this dude going on about? The "elite class" in Halifax isn't managerial, its old money... completely different. I'd say there are only 4-5 real senior managers of large organizations in all of Halifax period. Most of the developers are quite small when compared to anywhere else in Canada.
At least Marx was in favour of the above and many of the things that these so called socialists are so against have been the model in successful social-democratic societies.
I have no respect for people with zero credibility (non-Canadian as well) telling everybody else what to think.