I call it the rational extremism. Traditionally, families and lower communities are organized and bounded through emotions such as family ties and religions, while government is organized via rationalism, such as natural rights and laws. The recent development in the west is marked by the...
It is certainly abnormal. Of course, being normal only means being in a majority, not being right. But it is definitely wrong trying to make it normal.
The worst of all is that it is all about the abnormal sex. What's next? Trying to normalize sex with goats?
It is all about power but with self-conflicting policies. Canada government extends its power all the way to families, which causes low fertility rate. With a government taking care of you, why do you need children anyway? With all the talk about equality, families with high income is put in...
Same here in Canada. The problem is that more people simply don't want to work anymore. Called "Great Resignation". https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Great_Resignation
Household income is pointless since it doesn't say anything about the size of the household.
Blame low interest rate. House price and stock market always go up when interest rate is low.
The ball is in the court of the west, not in Russia. Why would Russia respond to this after they have pleaded with some similar for 9 years and only got ignored?
Elites are well shielded against economic woes for themselves. They have the wealth. Geographic barrier, on the other hand, protects their lives so they can use their wealth to play on other people's lives. Big difference.
They are not scared. The whole point is to stir up instability/conflict in other regions while they enjoy the safety within their comfort zone. The bottom line is not to get themselves dragged into that conflict.
Britain was an expert on this, thanks to their geographic advantage of being an...