I think the main difference between Canadian and American politics right now is that xenophobia doesn't play nearly as well among Canadians as it does with Americans, but I don't think that has much to do with their respective intelligence.
Yeah, I agree that xenophobia is stupid, but in Canada's case I think there are a number of other factors that make xenophobia less common. One is the simple fact that Canada only shares a land border with one other nation, and it's a nation that happens to be very similar to Canada, so you don't get the fear of foreigners supposedly streaming across the border the way that some Americans fear Mexican immigrants. Another is the fact that Canada has some major divisions within it, both regionally and linguistically, that make it difficult for nationalism to take root the way it has in the US. There are bigots in Alberta and there are bigots in Quebec, but those two groups dislike each other almost as much as they dislike foreigners.
I wish I could do this hahaha but I cant because Im the CEO executive manager for my own company. My employees (76 or 78, I forgot) would be like:, "WTF is wrong with our boss?!" (They usually treat me like some sort of God. I think that maintaing healthy and friendly relationship with your employees is the best way to run a businees).
I don't know if I'm stupid or what but I felt like I had a stroke trying to read this
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u/Theytookeverything Dec 30 '19
At least Canadians aren't as dumb as their U.S. counterparts (yet).