you call it "the american dream"; i call it "calvinist bullshit".

not only is it very much not the society i want to live in, it's exactly what i'm constantly railing against.

listen: if you want to live in a world where working hard gives you the right to oppress others, then go ahead and move to the united states. i won't miss you. take off, eh?

i want to live in a society of real equality, where we're not spending all of our time working to get ahead but have a safety net that lets us focus on what is really important: art, expression & science. my concept of canada explicitly rejects "the american dream" in favour of something much better.