Hateful gossip

We, as Canadians, have the ongoing opportunity to watch massive sociological events take place in a country that is almost identical culturally to us. We have far more in common with them than any European nation, much less the rest of the world. And invariably, any major change they go through is usually mirrored hereContinue reading “Hateful gossip”

You and me, baby, ain’t nothin’ but mammals

I’m going to put on my amateur sociologist/evolutionary psychologist hat and ramble at you, so I’d appreciate some preemptive forgiveness at my uninformed indulgence. The survival of a species is driven by two distinct primal forces: creation and destruction. Humans, like most animals, have these forces allocated by sex. Male is destruction, female is creation.Continue reading “You and me, baby, ain’t nothin’ but mammals”

The fear that drives a nation

(Oh no I’m on my non-writing bullshit again. Buckle up for nation state psychology theory!) A government sets its course of action with a series of policy decisions that (hopefully) are well-thought out and integrated to benefit the population they represent. There should always be a coherent positive vision that the government in question isContinue reading “The fear that drives a nation”