I voted in Dundas, Ontario. When I came to my voting station last Sunday, carrying my photo ID and my voter’s card, I was told that I had already voted. My name on the voter’s list was crossed out. I was given a special form to state and sign that I have not voted yet. I was warned that issuing a false statement could put me in jail. I was given only one explanation – that my name was crossed out by mistake as somebody was trying to cross out the preceding or the following name on the list. I did not believe it because my name is foreign, long, and very unique in Canada. Surely, an election official would have noticed the difference, as they checked every voter’s ID very carefully. It was explained to me that mistakes happen but are rare. I immediately thought that rigged elections happen, too. Especially, when election officials, just as the local party’s association leaders who appoint the candidates, look like they belong to one ethnic minority. This is not a healthy situation in a theoretically multicultural and democratic country. But I let it go. I cast my vote and went home. Unfortunately, there was no way to identify and cancel the vote that had most likely been cast on my behalf earlier. If you have experienced a similar situation, please let me know.
Comment: To the Chinese Teen girl speaking in this video: When in 1990s greedy western investors began to offshore American economy to China in order to lower their costs and max up their profits, many people in America lost their jobs, their savings, their pensions and their houses. Were you concerned about it? Were you protesting? No, you were happy about it. You took western industries and technologies, you took western services and western markets, and you became the “world’s factory”. You did it at the expense of western societies. Initially, your products were inexpensive but also low quality. Gradualy, the quality has improved but so did your prices. Today, a jacket that in 1980s was made in the USA and cost $80, is made in China and sells for around $500 plus. Are you concerned about it? Are you protesting? No, you are not because you are focusing on what is good for you. You don’t care about other people and other nations. Why should they support you in taking advantage of their inventions and their work? China has even copied and stolen patented designs and intellectual; property of other nations. This is why President Trump implemented tarrifs in order to force American companies to return to America. As a result, your standard of living is decreasing and you are upset about it. But look at the big picture and then see who is right and who is wrong. Don’t be selfish, don’t see only as far as the end of your own nose.
“There is a campaign under way to essentially destroy the public education system along with every aspect of human life and attitudes and thought that involve social solidarity. It’s being done in all sorts of ways. One is simply by underfunding. So, if you can make the public schools really rotten, people will look for an alternative. Any service that’s going to be privatized, the first thing you do is make it malfunction so people can say, “We want to get rid of it. It’s not running. Let’s give it to Lockheed.” — Noam Chomsky, The Progressive Magazine, September 1999, p.37
Brock Chisholm
“To achieve world government, it is necessary to remove from the minds of men their individualism, loyalty to family traditions, national patriotism, and religious dogmas.” - Brock Chisholm, Director UN World Health Organization (1948-53).
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