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CloudwalkingOwl

@ CloudwalkingOwl @lemmy.ca

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I'm a semi-retired blogger in Ontario who writes about politics, philosophy, Daoism, activism and whatever suits my fancy. See: https://billhulet.substack.com/ I have a Master's degree in philosophy, I have been initiated into a Daoist lineage, and I've published four books.

  • What Working in Alberta’s Oil Boom Taught Me about Power

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  • Hmmm. I don't generally like human interest stories, and I grew up in a redneck part of the country, and have worked at a variety of gruesome jobs--so while never working as a rough neck, it sounds familiar. As usual, the title doesn't really describe the article, but you can't blame that on the author. At the end there was a little bit of information but beyond that it's just autobiographical narrative.

    If anyone is interested, I've written four articles that give an analysis of how the oil industry has damage Alberta (collectively about the same size as the "Walrus" article): https://billhulet.substack.com/p/something-impossible-just-happened https://billhulet.substack.com/p/the-social-cost-of-oil-part-one https://billhulet.substack.com/p/part-two-about-oil-and-canada https://billhulet.substack.com/p/the-resource-curse

  • Why It's Important to be Able to Walk and Chew Gum at the Same Time

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  • There're several points to this article: first that it's unhealthy to the Parliamentary system to put so much emphasis on the party leader, that this over-emphasis is a result of how they are chosen, second that politics is a lot more than just elections and progressive parties in particular have to work hard at things like public education and community organizing if they want to change the status quo, and finally that the Conservatives aren't really "conservative" anymore because they've formed an unholy alliance with some pretty unsavoury types who are trying to undermine our political system through disinformation campaigns led by neo fascists.