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Strategies & Market Trends : Fascist Oligarchs Attack Cute Cuddly Canadians

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To: Snowshoe who wrote (1205)	12/19/2004 11:22:02 PM
From: Crocodile	of 1293

Yes, I knew that was in jest. Also know that many Americans are working long work weeks, overtime, extra jobs, and so on, to make ends meet. I have a quite a few friends living in the states and most seem quite worried about things like job security and particularly in maintaining medical coverage, etc... I don't know what to say about the consumption of resources part except that it seems that people seem to want far more than they need. I'm always sort of shocked by the kinds of things I see when I'm travelling in the U.S. -- there is a sort of decadence in many places that I've been. We have some of that up here too, of course, but not to the extent that I've seen down there. And then contrast that to Europe where people don't seem to care too much about having fancy houses and a lot of belongings. I suppose that is what happens when population density increases. I have a good friend who is a senior office worker in a theatre in Europe and her whole apartment is not much bigger than the size of my living room. She barely gives that a thought as she regards her home place as just a place to rest and eat. She goes out a lot with friends and her lifestyle seems to be more about experience and being with friends and family, and barely about possessions, a fancy apartment and so on. Seems like they are on a different trajectory than the U.S. Canada is probably somewhere in between. As for why we keep sending so much to the U.S., that may change in time. Seems we have a growing population now, and we're selling more of what we produce to ourselves.. and perhaps that's a good thing.

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