![]() ![]() ![]() That attitude, for both better and worse, makes them more interesting people and has made their country a place widely associated with creativity. People in the United States, even just across the border, simply have a different outlook on what is possible in the world. Even having grown up in what is objectively a major city by global standards, I found that one cannot escape the very limited horizons and End of History-style crushing boredom that characterizes life there. That said, unfortunately, I have to say that it’s true that Canada remains a political and cultural backwater. ![]() Rather than being an empty and homogenous expanse, the country’s population today is mostly urbanized around a few major cities and extremely ethnically diverse. ![]() As I’ve written before, many American stereotypes about Canada’s sterility are actually out of date. I am more than familiar with the obscene bigotries and racism of Americans towards Canadians, which includes mercilessly mocking the national anthem and considering everything that happens in Canada boring and irrelevant. Although I’ve lived in the United States for over a decade now, I grew up just across the border in Toronto, where I lived until my early-twenties. As previous readers of this Substack and followers of my Twitter feed will have deduced by now, I’m Canadian. ![]()
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