Bushrat Posted December 15, 2015 Posted December 15, 2015 Hello all, My name is Brian (aka Bushrat) and I hail from Kelowna BC Canada. I discovered FDR a couple of weeks ago and was immediately interested and have watched as many videos as I could. I think in the K/R division I come down as a capital K. I have worked 25 years in the mining exploration industry and have lived the last seven years in south America prospecting for gold. I also have a history degree, that is totally irrelevant for my profession. Since my industry has been in decline for the last few years I have struggled to find a good paying job. I find Canada a vast wasteland for K types.... filled mostly with pinko commies who want to turn Canada into a full on socialist state where everyone gets their guaranteed income from the government overlord who controls the state run economy which generates jobs from a vast array of service industries. I can't believe people actually want deficit budgets....whats wrong with these people??! My work overseas has given me a unique perspective on the world... I have worked in West Africa, Haiti, the Dominican Republic, Guyana, the USA and all over Western and Northern Canada. I am tired of western apologists who feel bad for the supremacy of the western culture and economic system. There are reasons beyond geographic (Jared Diamond was wrong) why the western societies and economic systems were the dominant and most successful systems in the world. Having a history degree also gives me a unique perspective on the world. Humans don't seem to learn from the mistakes of the past in my opinion. I was also born in 1967 which makes me a member of Generation X.... the most down trodden of all generations. I noticed that Stefan was born in 1966 and shares the same Gen X category. I wonder what data he might be able to did up and share about Generation X? Anyway, I very happy to be part of this community and hope to meet some other like minded people here. Please pardon my rants as I don't have too many like minded people to talk to about this stuff in the pinko commie Great White North. Cheers, Bushrat
RichardY Posted April 14, 2016 Posted April 14, 2016 I find Canada a vast wasteland for K types.... filled mostly with pinko commies who want to turn Canada into a full on socialist state where everyone gets their guaranteed income from the government overlord who controls the state run economy which generates jobs from a vast array of service industries. I can't believe people actually want deficit budgets....whats wrong with these people??! Hi Brian, I've been to Canada (BC and Alberta) back packing. When I was in Grande Cache, Alberta I was surprised to learn that people made "redundant", could claim, I think 6 months pay from the taxpayer, even if they had been employed for a few months, although I could be wrong on the details. Been to Kelowna as well, the old "silver" railway (I think) around Kelowna was a pleasant cycling trail and had a nice view of the city. Expensive place though, was with some Swiss people and they said alcohol prices were on par with Switzerland, also you needed 2 forms of ID to buy alcohol from the state monopoly, passport was not enough. I'm from the UK, not much better with state control and taxes, but with a lot less resources perhaps to sell to the Chinese.
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