A Big Mac - The Communion Wafer

It Is The Considered Opinion Of Most Members Of Our Rational élites That, In Any Given Difference Of Opinion With Reality, Reality Is Wrong.

Canada Is Either An Idea Or It Does Not Exist. It Is Either An Intellectual Undertaking Or It Is Little More Than A Resource-rich Vacuum Lying In The Buffer Zone Just North Of A Great Empire.

Of Course, Corporations And Governments Have A Right To Something For Their Money. They Pay The Wages. But They Don't Have The Ethical Right To Literally Purchase The Copyright Of A Citizen's Potential Contribution To Society. In A Democracy They Should Not Have The Legal Right To Silence The Quasi-totality Of The Functioning élite In Order To Satisfy A Managerial Taste For Control And Secrecy.

The Most Powerful Force Possessed By The Individual Citizen Is Her Own Government. ... Government Is The Only Organized Mechanism That Makes Possible That Level Of Shared Disinterest Known As The Public Good.

An Individual Who Stands Out, Or Disagrees Or Takes Risks Is A Danger To Such Systems And Is Effortlessly And, Unconsciously Sidelined.