Unfit: The Psychology of Donald Trump (2020)
finigan1 3 points 3 years ago.

I would never say Canada is perfect, far from it. But there is a very big difference between the 2 countries. First of all, you don’t have to worry about being gunned down by pretty much everyone in Canada. You won’t loose your house if someone in your family gets sick, and racist and truly bigoted people will never get into office. There are as many dislikable people everywhere for ratio as anywhere else, but americans flaunt it, it is like a badge of honor to be hubris, self centered, racist and bigoted. Not all americans of course, but the picture they created for themselves is of nothing I would ever want anything to do with.

Bkr2110 1 points 3 years ago*.

Have you spent time here? I don’t worry about being gunned down here. Massachusetts in particular is a very safe state. I think in some areas, mostly big tightly congested areas, overrun by poverty and drugs, a gang violence problems exists in this country. I have never seen anyone with a gun on their person or property besides a police officer here where I am.

I would be surprised if there is a big difference in the way people here behave from the way they behave in Toronto. There wasn’t when I visited Canada’s Wonderland in Toronto 20 years ago and spent time in Montreal and Quebec as well. I noticed no differences, just a language difference in Quebec.

Yes, it could happen that you could lose your house if someone gets real sick here I suppose. Thankfully, I have good private insurance. The perception is there is a wait time in Canada for some medical treatments that doesn’t exist here too. If that is true, then perhaps I would drop dead in Canada awaiting treatment and not worry about a house to live in. In reality, I don’t think either is likely for most people.

I’ve only encountered one racist person in my life. Some punk got upset about an interracial couple kissing in the food court 30 years ago when I was a teen traveling out of state in Connecticut with my family. You seem pretty proud of where you live and so am I.

Trump has a big mouth but he has made massive investments in primarily black colleges, he fought for criminal justice reform for nonviolent offenders and was praised by black leaders for it. He received awards from the NAACP, the Rosa Parks award, in the past. We have historically low black and latino prison populations right now under his watch. He used to date a black woman and be friends with Jesse Jackson and Al Sharpton when he was a Democrat and Oprah thought he was great and should run for President. Blacks had their lowest unemployment rate ever before this mess hit starting in our many big congested cities with people having no symptoms at first and spreading it.

We had a conference in the Boston area where a Chinese person reportedly spread it to thousands. Biogen conference I believe it was. 40% have died in nursing homes where people had other existing symptoms to begin with and some passed it on to people there when they were dumped amongst healthier residents. True, Trump said there may be good people in a questionable group that has hate mongers within it and said a lot of bad Mexican people are coming here.

A lot of Mexican gangs and traffickers were coming across the border and there were ads on TV and how best to come here illegally there. Now, Mexico is using their military to guard the border. I don’t see all the hate and violence here that apparently you do. I think it is fringe elements. Surely greater or far greater than some places but your picture of America isn’t one I’ve experienced. I see it on the news is all.