I will admit that as a Canadian I care very little about American politics. I read this only because I have respect for its author, but there are some interesting points here.
Despite being the left leaner in the American two party dictatorship, Kamala Harris actually reminds me of our Canadian right wing candidate Pierre Polivre, in that the leopard will constantly change their spots depending on the audience they're in front of, and appear to have no coherent plans to accomplish anything, instead campaigning by pointing out problems that exist, and not even good problems.
For instance, I'm a big climate change guy, so (if I were American) if a candidate were to announce a plan to cut back on domestic air travel harshly, in favour of a much improved AmTrak, that would almost singlehandedly win my vote, but nobody will announce that, because it requires some foresight and commitment. It doesn't seem like old Kamala is willing to commit to anything. At least Donald will make comedically impossible commitments (building a wall to keep Mexican crossers out. Good luck with that), but I'm not sure which I'd like better. Commitments I know are impossible, or no commitments at all?
On the other hand (aided because I am foreign, and don't have to feel the consequences), I sincerely hope a female can win such an important office, just to show North Americans that females can. This one victory could double the amount of feasible candidates in future elections, and even if Kamala sucks, not every North American female politician will. We all know that females have long been shut out of the highest offices (Canada has had one female PM, America has had zero), and this is harming us all, based on the very simple thought experiment of the best possible candidate being a female.
So on the whole, I have very little respect for, or faith in, Kamala Harris, but I'll be rooting her on from a foreign country anyway (and please make train travel less awful so we can stop warming the globe!).
Robbie, I just am not fond of either of them. Truth be told, I see posts on here trashing Trump left and right, and I thought it would be interesting to give a fresh perspective. America is in strong need of real leadership.
Dang bro.
I will admit that as a Canadian I care very little about American politics. I read this only because I have respect for its author, but there are some interesting points here.
Despite being the left leaner in the American two party dictatorship, Kamala Harris actually reminds me of our Canadian right wing candidate Pierre Polivre, in that the leopard will constantly change their spots depending on the audience they're in front of, and appear to have no coherent plans to accomplish anything, instead campaigning by pointing out problems that exist, and not even good problems.
For instance, I'm a big climate change guy, so (if I were American) if a candidate were to announce a plan to cut back on domestic air travel harshly, in favour of a much improved AmTrak, that would almost singlehandedly win my vote, but nobody will announce that, because it requires some foresight and commitment. It doesn't seem like old Kamala is willing to commit to anything. At least Donald will make comedically impossible commitments (building a wall to keep Mexican crossers out. Good luck with that), but I'm not sure which I'd like better. Commitments I know are impossible, or no commitments at all?
On the other hand (aided because I am foreign, and don't have to feel the consequences), I sincerely hope a female can win such an important office, just to show North Americans that females can. This one victory could double the amount of feasible candidates in future elections, and even if Kamala sucks, not every North American female politician will. We all know that females have long been shut out of the highest offices (Canada has had one female PM, America has had zero), and this is harming us all, based on the very simple thought experiment of the best possible candidate being a female.
So on the whole, I have very little respect for, or faith in, Kamala Harris, but I'll be rooting her on from a foreign country anyway (and please make train travel less awful so we can stop warming the globe!).
Robbie, I just am not fond of either of them. Truth be told, I see posts on here trashing Trump left and right, and I thought it would be interesting to give a fresh perspective. America is in strong need of real leadership.