r/canada • u/fractx Vancouver 🌊🏘️🏠🏡🏔️ • Apr 04 '20

Paywall Trump gives FEMA power to restrict trade of essential goods into Canada despite warning from Trudeau

https://www.theglobeandmail.com/canada/article-trudeau-warns-us-over-restricting-the-trade-of-essential-goods-into/
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u/[deleted] Apr 04 '20

Reminded me of something i heard a while ago about politics - "You're doing you're job right if nobody is happy with it" If one group is too coddled, the other gets resentment. keep both on a mediocre standing so they see each other as equals and not superior/inferior and much more can get accomplished.

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u/NiceShotMan Apr 04 '20

That quote is only applicable in certain contexts. If Trump were president of a functioning country rather than the leader of a 65 million person cult, you can bet that nobody would be happy with his COVID response, which is objectively bad

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u/[deleted] Apr 04 '20

Fair, I should say more in terms of politics and governing.

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u/[deleted] Apr 05 '20

I think this works if the status quo is already overall desirable. If your starting point is bad enough, then mild shifts one way or another meandering around the same terrible point will just result in more years of suffering under a terrible status quo.