The Perri Platform

The Federal New Democratic Party (NDP) of Canada puts forward a resolution to abolish the Canadian military. This will be voted on at their 2021 party convention. We discuss the idiocy of such a proposal and all the ways it fails to stand up to criticism.

A recent poll finds that the majority of Canadians (57%) feel politically homeless. We discuss the implications of this finding, the environment that gave rise to it and what this means for the future.

We discuss lessons that can be extracted from the novel Siddhartha (written by Hermann Hesse).

I respond to Sam Harris and his most recent podcast on free will. Notions of determinism, fatalism, choice, consciousness, morally, legal systems and responsibility tie into my rebuttal to Sam’s claim that free will does not exist in the slightest.

We analyze Tom MacDonald’s viral song Fake Woke.

A study tracks the decline of social trust in America. These trends appear relevant to Canada and other nations across the world. Two sources are responsible for roughly half of the decline. Reduced confidence in public institutions (media, health, education, etc.) and insufficient wages. We explore the downfall of institutions and the stagnation of wages. Then, we discuss how we can move forward.

Reports indicate the Canadian government has been lobbied 577 times in the past year by the telecom industry. We explore what that means, the overwhelming power of the current Canadian telecom industry and what paths forward exist.

A coup transpires in Myanmar over contested election results. The military led by Min Aung Hlaing has seized the reigns of power through force. The duly elected Suu Kyi of the National League for Democracy Party has reportedly been detained. We discuss how things got this bad, the current state of affairs and the importance of truth in our world.

Canada is met with numerous disappointments on the vaccine front. As promised deliveries are continually slashed, the question of the validity of our reliance on global supply chains arises. Other developments surrounding new travel restrictions and declining cases are also analyzed.

In what ways are humans different from other animals? One part of the answer involves our seeming escape from traditional genetic, Darwinian and natural selection considerations. Our power of will is evident and presents us many challenges that other organisms cannot comprehend. Notions of morality, purpose, success, and the very ways we evolve are unique. We take a deep dive into this world on today’s discussion, inspired by the novel The Selfish Gene by Richard Dawkins.