“US economic model.”

It’s capitalism. Unfettered capitalism.

He probably did.

The fuck is this? “How to be a good citizen” bright to you by Big Brother.

That would be ideal, but the people who are already there will never give it up.

And the problem with creating a new party is that it will divide the votes, while the conservatives are all united under the Republican party. Unless they split too. Maybe the non Trumpists can split off and form a more traditional party. But again, they’re too afraid to split THEIR votes.

It will. With how Pierre Poilievre is doing in the polls, I wouldn’t be surprised.

Trudeau is a wet rag and Singh suffers from an image problem. Quebec is going to vote for the Bloc and the Parti québécois and a referendum on Quebec Independence will probably be triggered.

RIGHT??? 💯💯💯

Like that’ll ever happen.

The party is held by a group of political elites who are all about the establishment and power.

There needs to be a new party, a labor party, to represent the working class Americans.

They ran on cheap prices and no commercials to get people hooked. Now that they dominate the market, they raise the prices and include ads for increased revenue.

Well he obviously wants to spend time with his dad, which is great.

Maybe OP can find other activities to do on vacation. Like renting a cabin or cottage somewhere near a lake or river. I know I loved to go on fishing trips with my dad. Or doing campfires and roasting marshmallows, etc. I miss the 1on1 time we spent together.

This is the best answer.

This is a boundary I would definitely not cross. Not only would this fuck up my mental health, but there would definitely be some kind of argument that would happen during the trip that would just make the whole experience regrettable and worsen the situation between all parties.

If I were OP I would definitely say no and instead explain to the boy why it’s not possible.

I use Firefox with ublock on my phone and I get no ads. Or I watch them in Newpipe.

Well I guess their plan worked

Oh I am paying attention. I know that’s at stake. I was born in the early 80’s so I’ve seen the progress. And I’ve seen the conservatives chipping away at it for the past 20 years. Both in the US and Canada. (I’m Canadian)

I’ve been stuck with the massive democratic power of the boomer masses my whole adult life and saw them vote in these conservative and neo liberal parties that have completely destroyed whatever social safety net that they benefited from and any freedom and equality only for them to have more money to put in their retirement funds.

I was hoping the Gen Zs would join our ranks, but social media, corporate lies, toxic ideologies meant to address their insecurities, and now AI have fucked up their perspective.

Porn isn’t going anywhere. LoL

Divorce either.

Gay marriage? It’s already dangerous to just come out, let alone get married.

And contraception? They’ren already losing that one too in many states thanks to local governments anyway.

Gen Z grew up on social media. The same that spreads the propaganda, the fake information and the toxic masculinity bullshit.

They also grew up with an impossible social economic context where they barely have any hope. Trump’s making promises to make the country great again. What have they got to lose?

Why is anyone surprised?

In Switzerland, the basic training lasts a year I think? And is meant to teach how the army works and how to use weapons and not just rifles and pistols and knives. Depending on their role they also learn how to use artillery, mortars, how to use maps, how to use vehicles and tanks, how to make calculations and navigate and so much more.

The whole point of this is that when shit hits the fan, any additional training takes a lot less time.

It has to be well implemented and taught well. Maybe in your case it wasn’t and you have a bad experience of it.

Any country that’s serious about training it’s people to be ready for combat in case of a serious invasion will probably do a better job than one that isn’t because they want to be prepared.

In any case, I can understand why you would feel the way you do if it was implemented poorly in your country.

Mandatory military service only trains them in the basics so they are ready when the risk becomes reality.

Switzerland has mandatory service. France used to have mandatory service. It never created what your said it creates.

I think you’re making a lot of assumptions.

You have a better idea for NATO members and other US allies when Trump decides to break all ties and befriend Russia? If they don’t have enough resources in the military to defend themselves, what are they supposed to do?

Time to make military service mandatory again.

You reap what you fucking sow.