Canada

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I don't know if you read rabble.ca, but there's a somewhat recent article about Harper and the direction he's taking Canada:

http://rabble.ca/blogs/bloggers/karl-nerenberg/2015/01/voters-choice-2015-harpers-conservatives

I don't think we're as far gone as the US just yet, but we're definitely on the path. On a daily basis, the level of casual aggression I see in Toronto is worse even than it was under Harris -- though I'm pretty sure Harris' Ontario was the breeding ground. I still remember first hearing the term "welfarian" and realizing just how mean and dangerous the conservatives were becoming. Toronto is still a far more sympathetic city than the many I've lived in in the US, but it's changing for the worse.

A friend insists that much of the change is due to the influx of Americans who came with the various American companies that operate here. I dunno. But I wouldn't doubt there's a correlation between the number of million-dollar single-occupancy condos and the rising level of Randian selfishness.

I think it's a given that when resources become scarce, the creatures that depend on those resources will eventually turn against each other. One of the problems I see with humans is that the concept of "scarcity" seems to be quite subjective. Some people never feel they have enough.