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Minor grump
For my American readers, my apologies for the hackles that are about to get raised.
Cause my ire's up.
Ahem.
Where the fuck do some Americans get off assuming that since they are more visible at conferences and industry meetings that automatically equates to the American Free Market is the sole cause of their visibility?
Gee. Let's compare countries for a moment:
Population - US has roughly 10 times the Canadian population
2008 GDP (millions of USD) (source: IMF list) United States $14,264,600 - Canada $1,510,957 - so again, roughly 10 times.
Grr.
Get a clue, people. More resources are more resources. It will generally be easier to accomplish things with more resources. That is not the same thing as the free market making you better.
I am a self-described mercenary - I get the whole money/supply/demand thing. I am also entirely capable of being an arrogant sob when I want to be.
But even I get difference of scale issues.
I'm less irritated at the original source of today's rant, but having spent entirely too much time visiting the US and being preached at how the US does it right and Canada does it wrong, and having spent my entire life listening to talking heads on the TV explain how very much better the US is to Canada, including about shite they know squat all about? Apparently the camel felt the straw hit and now I need a brand new camel.
Cause my ire's up.
Ahem.
Where the fuck do some Americans get off assuming that since they are more visible at conferences and industry meetings that automatically equates to the American Free Market is the sole cause of their visibility?
Gee. Let's compare countries for a moment:
Population - US has roughly 10 times the Canadian population
2008 GDP (millions of USD) (source: IMF list) United States $14,264,600 - Canada $1,510,957 - so again, roughly 10 times.
Grr.
Get a clue, people. More resources are more resources. It will generally be easier to accomplish things with more resources. That is not the same thing as the free market making you better.
I am a self-described mercenary - I get the whole money/supply/demand thing. I am also entirely capable of being an arrogant sob when I want to be.
But even I get difference of scale issues.
I'm less irritated at the original source of today's rant, but having spent entirely too much time visiting the US and being preached at how the US does it right and Canada does it wrong, and having spent my entire life listening to talking heads on the TV explain how very much better the US is to Canada, including about shite they know squat all about? Apparently the camel felt the straw hit and now I need a brand new camel.