“The labour shortages are not confined to family doctors and nurses. We are now witnessing the effects of burnout on our own emergency doctors colleagues.”
In 2016 I predicted the results of the American election by scrolling some active social media places and counting how many times the candidates were named. Trump was mentioned at a ratio of more than 4:1 over Hillary. We know how that went.
It didn’t matter that almost every article posted about Trump was negative. It didn’t matter that people we calling out that he was bad. Republicans had dominated the ever-important attention economy to gain an edge at the polls.
In January 2000, Darrell Night was abandoned outside Saskatoon by two police officers. He is remembered for speaking out against this practice of "Starlight Tours."
Night passed away earlier this month at age 56.
Two officers were convicted in Night's case. Investigations into the deaths of Naistus and Wegner were inconclusive.
Night was essentially kidnapped, taken away and left to die on an extremely cold winter night on the outskirts of Saskatoon.
One specific example of police enforcing social order—that’s the term used in @sunrickbell’s article:
“The woman who was assaulted by a Calgary police officer who threw her to the ground like a rag doll in 2017 says she's still dealing with the trauma.”
Because the wealthy own the largest channels that most people use to inform themselves, the narratives that challenge their dominance will never reach as wide an audience as they deserve.
Those with wealth will use their power to suppress criticism and dissent. When criticism and dissent slips past their mass media conglomerates, there is always the courts—which have been built to protect the wealthy.
Because the working class has been squeezed to the point that almost half of Canadians are just a few hundred dollars from insolvency, it is virtually impossible for the working class to stand up to their oppressors.