We spent a good amount of time lying prone on the hard floor trying not to think about the many and various possible personal disasters that are on the horizon. Then we remembered that it’s Canada Day.
We low-key hate this country in its present state. The emaciated economic landscape, the ever-increasing destitution of arts and culture, its constant kowtowing to the US, its contempt for young people, its shallow posturing regarding social equity, the growing fascistic-racist contingent who are being encouraged by cynical wannabe despots with shitty haircuts, its compulsive neoliberalism, its indifference to drug addicts and unhoused people, its shambolic response to a housing crises and the coming ecological apocalypse, its two-bit prudishness, its hollow-brained and empty-hearted public intellectuals, its self-satisfied and smug pseudo-patriots, its provincial celebrities, and more or less everything else that falls under that genuinely humiliating leaf flag. BUT!
BUT!! Canada has some great music. Just genuinely great. No caveats. No notes. Some of it is very embarassing, but that’s part of what makes it Canadian. Here’s a selection based only on whatever came to mind over the last couple hours.
P.S. For fun, here’s a Canadian joke you’re welcome to share. “What do you call a successful Canadian?” Give up? An American. It’s funny because every moderately talented, successful, ambitious, or otherwise gifted/lucky/privileged Canadian immediately picks up and fucks off out of this godforsaken forest as soon as they have half a chance.
P.P.S. Are we too angry to be writing things for public consumption right now? Should we temper this very justified hate for this country run by a couple oligopolies (the corporations that sell food, the corporations that sell the internet) and landlords? Ought we explain how the slow degradation of public goods and the winnowing down of opportunities to perform worthwhile work for living wages only leads to widespread social decay and disaster? Do we need to highlight that our current leaders are just playing an incredibly dangerous game of chicken with the future hoping that they’re retired and out of harmsway when it all falls apart violently?
P.P.P.S. Dude, we haven’t been so full of hate in a minute. Feels good.
P.P.P.P.S. The playlist is great. Go listen.
P.P.P.P.P.S. We missed you even if we’re probably not going to show back up here for a while. We’ll be busy thinking of ways to [redacted] like [redacted].
P.P.P.P.P.P.P.S. How is British royalty still on our money? Why is no one with a modicum of power seemingly ashamed of this? What the fuck???
P.P.P.P.P.P.P.P.S. Don’t tell us about the cryptkeeper battle royale stateside. We don’t need to hear it. Thanks.
"Are we too angry to be writing things for public consumption right now?" FUCK NO!