Canadian Politics Today

I will curate this heavily for positivity and will cage and tag negativity as time permits !   

Now - what has improved over the last 20-30-40-50 years ?

I can think of a few things:

1. Choices - in terms of lifestyle, of consumer and entertainment choices ... there are a lot more ways to explore and to express yourself.

2. Quality of culture.  There's more but that means there's more better.  I imagine there's more worse too, but I don't follow that.  And remember when the big concern was violence in the movies and on TV ?  I think that that just... changed.  They put warnings on things - which the artists railed against somewhat - but it also made it easier to separate out what you were looking for.  And maybe there's less violence in mainstream because... well who wants it ?

I'm particularly interested in #2.  What d'ya think ?

I think # 1 could use a little more thought.  People seem to have a lot fewer choices these days living in their hunkered down state at home and have less opportunity for expression outside their bubbles due to that as well. For some OTOH there has been a greater opportunity for self-reflection and improving the quality of one's self-exploration. There's been a lot of discussion and concern about mental health but there's also reports that suicide rates are down which suggests people are finding the means to be comfortable in their situation and skins.  People have invested in doing things to make their homes more livable. I was kind of embarking on a purge of clearing out all the crap I've gathered in 40 years of living on the same land when the need to stay home and finding comfort in a more minimalist existence.

I suppose there will be an explosion of pent up desire to consume and especially travel when things settle down but I wonder how much that will be tempered by a been-there-done-that attitude and as an appreciation for a more relaxed laid-back less consumptive lifestyle that's focused on yourself your home and family has had a chance to seep into our culture.  The planet could sure benefit from less consumption too.