The Elite Isn't Leading Anymore. It's Trapped.

Canada Has A Real Civil Service, Which The United States Doesn't Have, An Independent Civil Service. Canada Also Has A Stronger Federal System.

The Canadian Middle Class Is Under Less Pressure Than Any Other Middle Class In Any Developed Country On The Planet. So They Feel Good. They Feel Optimistic. They Feel Secure.

Modern Authoritarianism, As It's Growing Inside Europe And Now Coming To The United States, Rests Much More On The Use Of Power To Protect The Guilty Than To Persecute The Innocent. And Its Motive Is Not Crazy Totalitarian Utopianism, It's Motive Is Repressive Kleptocracy. To Steal And To Use The Powers Of The State To Protect Theft.

So Little Of What Makes A Democracy Work Is Written Down. So Much Of It Is Just The Things You Don't Do. There Are A Lot Of Things That A Prime Minister Or A President Can Do And They Don't Do Them Because It Never Occurs To Them To Do Them.

[in Politics,] When There Is No Reason To Speak, There Is A Reason Not To Speak.