Detached
The lack of posts on this blog is due mainly to the fact that I feel pretty detached nowadays from many of the issues that I used to think and write about.
I don't know why I feel detached from the issue of Canada's government, but I do. There's no rational basis for feeling this way, but I feel detached anyway.
When I step back and think about it objectively, all my political inclinations are still the same:
I still think most of the things that I've thought about politics since I was 12 or 13 years old. Almost all of my domestic political beliefs are influenced by a strong belief in unregulated capitalism and almost all of my views on foreign policy are influenced by a strong belief in the ability (and duty) of the west to influence the rest of the world into becoming as democratic and free as itself.
In regards to Canadian politics more specifically, I still think that Stephen Harper would likely make the best Prime Minister in Canadian history (due to a complete lack of competition in the category and not due in particular to any greatness surrounding Stephen Harper's personality which seems pretty mediocre - my judgment has everything to do with ideology and Harper is the most ideologically conservative (according to my definition of conservativism) potential Prime Minister alive today.)
That's basically it. I have these beliefs, and I believe strongly in them, but I don't feel any passion or desire to fight for these beliefs, nor do I feel any inclination to persuade people to feel as I do. I don't even care that much if my country (Canada) hurts itself by carrying forward a weak or immoral foreign policy nor do I care very much if Canadians elect governments that promote economic dependency, low incomes and unemployment. Again, I should care, but for some reason, I don't. I especially don't care very much now about the daily events that make up Canadian political life - I care somewhat for the results that a better government might bring, but that's about it.
And that explains the lack of posts on this blog.
However, I will make an effort starting now to post more regularly anyhow.
I don't know why I feel detached from the issue of Canada's government, but I do. There's no rational basis for feeling this way, but I feel detached anyway.
When I step back and think about it objectively, all my political inclinations are still the same:
I still think most of the things that I've thought about politics since I was 12 or 13 years old. Almost all of my domestic political beliefs are influenced by a strong belief in unregulated capitalism and almost all of my views on foreign policy are influenced by a strong belief in the ability (and duty) of the west to influence the rest of the world into becoming as democratic and free as itself.
In regards to Canadian politics more specifically, I still think that Stephen Harper would likely make the best Prime Minister in Canadian history (due to a complete lack of competition in the category and not due in particular to any greatness surrounding Stephen Harper's personality which seems pretty mediocre - my judgment has everything to do with ideology and Harper is the most ideologically conservative (according to my definition of conservativism) potential Prime Minister alive today.)
That's basically it. I have these beliefs, and I believe strongly in them, but I don't feel any passion or desire to fight for these beliefs, nor do I feel any inclination to persuade people to feel as I do. I don't even care that much if my country (Canada) hurts itself by carrying forward a weak or immoral foreign policy nor do I care very much if Canadians elect governments that promote economic dependency, low incomes and unemployment. Again, I should care, but for some reason, I don't. I especially don't care very much now about the daily events that make up Canadian political life - I care somewhat for the results that a better government might bring, but that's about it.
And that explains the lack of posts on this blog.
However, I will make an effort starting now to post more regularly anyhow.
posted by Japnaam Singh at
10:44 PM
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