The real fight is not with Canadians; it is with the people in power who have created a system whereby they can exploit our country at the expense of those who live here and claim the moral high ground because the law is supposedly on their side.
Month: February 2020
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What’s love got to do with it?
Love is one of the most important and powerful tools in the toolkit of a social disruptor.
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Global patriotism
Global patriotism is not commitment or dedication to a country or nation but to humanity – and our planet – as a whole.
Social justice starts with us
We are all of us responsible, but, greater than that, we are all empowered; the world can’t change without us.
Capitalism as social change
Capitalism has played its part in so much social injustice, but that does not preclude it from playing a part in social justice. Put to good use, capitalism can drive positive change and champion social and environmental justice.
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Exporting economic costs
An economy that strives for the lowest cost possible by any means possible necessarily shifts the burden of cost to another, and invariably in the Western economy, that cost is shifted to low-income countries that do not participate in the Western economy.
The price of competition: environmental exploitation
If we want our planet to outlive our children, our economy will need to prioritize sustainability over cheap consumer products.
The price of competition: cheap labour
Slavery is not dead, we just call it low cost labour sourcing.
Two sides of competition
Competition is a foundational pillar of modern capitalism. As always, however, there is another story to be told when we consider alternative perspectives.
Competitive divisiveness
We need to better understand the latent power within competition to divide and actively guard against sowing seeds of division within our society so that we can capture the potential power of competition without causing harm.