C’est la vie.
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For my part, I thought change could come through the courts. I was sadly mistaken. Trying to point out to a judiciary whose members were often chosen on the basis of their political allegiance, clearly identified by the history of their political donations, that the voting system is fundamentally anti-democratic and an affront to my democratic rights was like trying to explain to fish that the water around them was tainted. They simply don’t get it, especially when the fish in question have far more food than they could ever possibly eat.
I think
that the entire population in Quebec has become resigned to the fact that life
here is guided by the principle of take what you can get, and don’t worry if
what you do is suspect because most people here really don’t give a shit as
long as they got their share.
Let’s face
it, the City of Montreal was run by the mob and governed by a mayor who
pretended that he had no fucking idea what was going on; judges in Quebec turned
to political party bagmen in hopes of getting promoted; and electoral financing
laws have been openly flaunted for the last 35 years, with public money being
kicked back to engineering and construction firms and the political parties
that dole out the contracts.
WTF!!!
And don’t give me the French bullshit, c’est comme ça.
During the
Renaissance, Niccolo Machiavelli and his contemporaries observed that when
public virtue in a society is absent, corruption becomes widespread.
Some things
never change.
As a
result, I’m better off taking care of my own, enjoying the fruits of empire,
and posting the occasional blog.
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