{"id":114182,"date":"2020-11-17T22:47:39","date_gmt":"2020-11-17T19:47:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/en.buradabiliyorum.com\/this-year-has-taught-us-that-democracy-is-not-unshakeable\/"},"modified":"2020-11-17T22:47:39","modified_gmt":"2020-11-17T19:47:39","slug":"this-year-has-taught-us-that-democracy-is-not-unshakeable","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/this-year-has-taught-us-that-democracy-is-not-unshakeable\/","title":{"rendered":"#This year has taught us that democracy is not unshakeable"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"ez-toc-container\" class=\"ez-toc-v2_0_84 counter-hierarchy ez-toc-counter ez-toc-custom ez-toc-container-direction\">\n<p class=\"ez-toc-title\" style=\"cursor:inherit\">Table of Contents<\/p>\n<label for=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-item-6a283f3439169\" class=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-label\"><span class=\"\"><span class=\"eztoc-hide\" style=\"display:none;\">Toggle<\/span><span class=\"ez-toc-icon-toggle-span\"><svg style=\"fill: #dd3333;color:#dd3333\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" class=\"list-377408\" width=\"20px\" height=\"20px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" fill=\"none\"><path d=\"M6 6H4v2h2V6zm14 0H8v2h12V6zM4 11h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2zM4 16h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2z\" fill=\"currentColor\"><\/path><\/svg><svg style=\"fill: #dd3333;color:#dd3333\" class=\"arrow-unsorted-368013\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" width=\"10px\" height=\"10px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" version=\"1.2\" baseProfile=\"tiny\"><path d=\"M18.2 9.3l-6.2-6.3-6.2 6.3c-.2.2-.3.4-.3.7s.1.5.3.7c.2.2.4.3.7.3h11c.3 0 .5-.1.7-.3.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7zM5.8 14.7l6.2 6.3 6.2-6.3c.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7c-.2-.2-.4-.3-.7-.3h-11c-.3 0-.5.1-.7.3-.2.2-.3.5-.3.7s.1.5.3.7z\"\/><\/svg><\/span><\/span><\/label><input type=\"checkbox\"  id=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-item-6a283f3439169\" checked aria-label=\"Toggle\" \/><nav><ul class='ez-toc-list ez-toc-list-level-1 ' ><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-1\" href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/this-year-has-taught-us-that-democracy-is-not-unshakeable\/#14_things_2020_proved_wrong\" >14 things 2020 proved wrong<\/a><ul class='ez-toc-list-level-3' ><li class='ez-toc-heading-level-3'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-2\" href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/this-year-has-taught-us-that-democracy-is-not-unshakeable\/#%E2%80%98Democracy_is_destiny\" >\u2018Democracy is destiny\u2019<\/a><ul class='ez-toc-list-level-4' ><li class='ez-toc-heading-level-4'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-3\" href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/this-year-has-taught-us-that-democracy-is-not-unshakeable\/#The_worst_system_except_for_all_the_others_has_been_under_attack_for_years_Trump_just_made_us_notice\" >The worst system except for all the others has been under attack for years. Trump just made us notice.<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-3'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-4\" href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/this-year-has-taught-us-that-democracy-is-not-unshakeable\/#%E2%80%98The_future_is_virtual\" >\u2018The future is virtual\u2019<\/a><ul class='ez-toc-list-level-4' ><li class='ez-toc-heading-level-4'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-5\" href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/this-year-has-taught-us-that-democracy-is-not-unshakeable\/#The_pandemic_has_made_it_clear_in_more_ways_than_we_would_have_thought_to_count_you_actually_need_to_be_there\" >The pandemic has made it clear in more ways than we would have thought to count: you actually need to be there<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-3'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-6\" href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/this-year-has-taught-us-that-democracy-is-not-unshakeable\/#%E2%80%98Rich_countries_can_overcome\" >\u2018Rich countries can overcome\u2019<\/a><ul class='ez-toc-list-level-4' ><li class='ez-toc-heading-level-4'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-7\" href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/this-year-has-taught-us-that-democracy-is-not-unshakeable\/#The_awful_response_to_the_pandemic_put_the_final_nail_in_the_myth_of_liberal_democracys_pre-eminence\" >The awful response to the pandemic put the final nail in the myth of liberal democracy\u2019s pre-eminence<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-3'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-8\" href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/this-year-has-taught-us-that-democracy-is-not-unshakeable\/#%E2%80%98In_a_crisis_leaders_will_lead\" >\u2018In a crisis, leaders will lead\u2019<\/a><ul class='ez-toc-list-level-4' ><li class='ez-toc-heading-level-4'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-9\" href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/this-year-has-taught-us-that-democracy-is-not-unshakeable\/#The_job_description_is_right_in_their_title_but_too_many_simply_failed_to_show_up_for_work\" >The job description is right in their title, but too many simply failed to show up for work<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-3'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-10\" href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/this-year-has-taught-us-that-democracy-is-not-unshakeable\/#%E2%80%98Women_are_winning_at_work\" >\u2018Women are winning at work\u2019<\/a><ul class='ez-toc-list-level-4' ><li class='ez-toc-heading-level-4'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-11\" href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/this-year-has-taught-us-that-democracy-is-not-unshakeable\/#The_economic_crisis_spurred_by_the_pandemic_has_unveiled_inequalities_and_obstacles_once_thought_a_thing_of_the_past\" >The economic crisis spurred by the pandemic has unveiled inequalities and obstacles once thought a thing of the past<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-3'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-12\" href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/this-year-has-taught-us-that-democracy-is-not-unshakeable\/#%E2%80%98The_individual_is_supreme\" >\u2018The individual is supreme\u2019<\/a><ul class='ez-toc-list-level-4' ><li class='ez-toc-heading-level-4'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-13\" href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/this-year-has-taught-us-that-democracy-is-not-unshakeable\/#Our_decades-long_love_affair_with_rugged_independence_has_suddenly_fallen_away\" >Our decades-long love affair with rugged independence has suddenly fallen away<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-3'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-14\" href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/this-year-has-taught-us-that-democracy-is-not-unshakeable\/#%E2%80%98The_stock_market_has_meaning\" >\u2018The stock market has meaning\u2019<\/a><ul class='ez-toc-list-level-4' ><li class='ez-toc-heading-level-4'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-15\" href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/this-year-has-taught-us-that-democracy-is-not-unshakeable\/#Long_treated_as_a_key_economic_indicator_by_many_it_is_now_completely_detached_from_how_the_economy_is_actually_doing\" >Long treated as a key economic indicator by many, it is now completely detached from how the economy is actually doing<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-3'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-16\" href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/this-year-has-taught-us-that-democracy-is-not-unshakeable\/#%E2%80%98Climate_change_cant_be_stopped\" >\u2018Climate change can\u2019t be stopped\u2019<\/a><ul class='ez-toc-list-level-4' ><li class='ez-toc-heading-level-4'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-17\" href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/this-year-has-taught-us-that-democracy-is-not-unshakeable\/#After_decades_of_planet-threatening_growth_emissions_fell_off_a_cliff_Environmentalists_sense_a_turning_point\" >After decades of planet-threatening growth, emissions fell off a cliff. Environmentalists sense a turning point.<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-3'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-18\" href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/this-year-has-taught-us-that-democracy-is-not-unshakeable\/#%E2%80%98We_value_our_seniors\" >\u2018We value our seniors\u2019<\/a><ul class='ez-toc-list-level-4' ><li class='ez-toc-heading-level-4'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-19\" href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/this-year-has-taught-us-that-democracy-is-not-unshakeable\/#Decades_of_promises_to_improve_the_quality_of_life_of_elderly_Canadians_have_gone_unfulfilled\" >Decades of promises to improve the quality of life of elderly Canadians have gone unfulfilled<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-3'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-20\" href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/this-year-has-taught-us-that-democracy-is-not-unshakeable\/#%E2%80%98Kids_are_resilient\" >\u2018Kids are resilient\u2019<\/a><ul class='ez-toc-list-level-4' ><li class='ez-toc-heading-level-4'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-21\" href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/this-year-has-taught-us-that-democracy-is-not-unshakeable\/#Childrens_ability_to_bounce_back_has_been_pushed_to_a_breaking_point_and_exposed_some_ugly_inequalities\" >Children\u2019s ability to bounce back has been pushed to a breaking point, and exposed some ugly inequalities<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-3'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-22\" href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/this-year-has-taught-us-that-democracy-is-not-unshakeable\/#%E2%80%98Running_errands_is_boring\" >\u2018Running errands is boring\u2019<\/a><ul class='ez-toc-list-level-4' ><li class='ez-toc-heading-level-4'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-23\" href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/this-year-has-taught-us-that-democracy-is-not-unshakeable\/#Rushing_out_to_get_milk_was_once_the_height_of_tedium_Today_its_an_anxiety-inducing_thrill_ride\" >Rushing out to get milk was once the height of tedium. Today, it\u2019s an anxiety-inducing thrill ride.<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-3'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-24\" href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/this-year-has-taught-us-that-democracy-is-not-unshakeable\/#%E2%80%98We_need_the_gym\" >\u2018We need the gym\u2019<\/a><ul class='ez-toc-list-level-4' ><li class='ez-toc-heading-level-4'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-25\" href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/this-year-has-taught-us-that-democracy-is-not-unshakeable\/#The_pandemic_shutdown_forced_a_reality_check_for_many_all_that_time_spent_in_the_gym_was_more_luxury_than_necessity\" >The pandemic shutdown forced a reality check: for many, all that time spent in the gym was more luxury than necessity<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-3'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-26\" href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/this-year-has-taught-us-that-democracy-is-not-unshakeable\/#%E2%80%98Bureaucracy_is_slow\" >\u2018Bureaucracy is slow\u2019<\/a><ul class='ez-toc-list-level-4' ><li class='ez-toc-heading-level-4'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-27\" href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/this-year-has-taught-us-that-democracy-is-not-unshakeable\/#The_pandemic_forced_a_culture_shift_on_government_proving_that_red_tape_really_can_be_cut\" >The pandemic forced a culture shift on government, proving that red tape really can be cut<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-3'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-28\" href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/this-year-has-taught-us-that-democracy-is-not-unshakeable\/#%E2%80%98You_can_ignore_racism\" >\u2018You can ignore racism\u2019<\/a><ul class='ez-toc-list-level-4' ><li class='ez-toc-heading-level-4'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-29\" href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/this-year-has-taught-us-that-democracy-is-not-unshakeable\/#Denying_systemic_racism_is_no_longer_tenable_But_will_the_outrage_of_the_past_summer_translate_to_substantive_change\" >Denying systemic racism is no longer tenable. But will the outrage of the past summer translate to substantive change?<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/li><\/ul><\/li><\/ul><\/nav><\/div>\n<p>&#8220;<strong>#This year has taught us that democracy is not unshakeable<\/strong>&#8221;<\/p>\n<div>\n                            The worst system except for all the others has been under attack for years. Trump just made us notice.\n                        <\/div>\n<div>\n                                                                        <em>This has been a year of realizing that what we thought was solid ground beneath our collective feet was in fact a cliff that would crumble away with just a bit of natural erosion or one sharp blow. We reflected on 2020 to find truths, exploded. This is one of them.\u00a0<a rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/macleans.ca\/?p=1212714\">Read more about the year that changed everything \u00bb<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n<hr\/>\n<p>It\u2019s not easy to run for the presidency of your country when you find yourself facing charges of treason only days after declaring your candidacy, and then the attorney <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/general\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"3\" title=\"General\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">general<\/a> accuses you of plotting to disrupt the electoral process, and then you get arrested and detained by police for two months for merely meeting with supporters.<\/p>\n<p>But that\u2019s what Uganda\u2019s Henry Tumukunde has been up against since March, when the retired brigadier general formally declared that he intended to challenge Ugandan President Yoweri Museveni in January\u2019s elections. It hasn\u2019t mattered that Tumukunde served in Museveni\u2019s cabinet, or that he\u2019d earlier made peace with Museveni after being arrested and spending nine years in military confinement for suggesting it was maybe time for Museveni to retire.<\/p>\n<p>That was back in 2005, when Museveni\u2019s party managed to abolish the constitution\u2019s two-term limit on the presidency. In 2017, the age limit was also abolished and presidential terms were extended from five years to seven. Museveni has been in power for 34 years. He is 76.<\/p>\n<p>Following the American-led triumph of free-market globalization after the dark and bloody years of the Cold War, Museveni emerged as a leading figure in the generation of African leaders that U.S. president Bill Clinton praised in 1998 as the leading edge of liberal democracy\u2019s unstoppable march across the continent. As things have turned out, there was nothing unstoppable about it at all.<\/p>\n<blockquote><p><strong>OUR EDITORIAL: Looking at truths, exploded<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Tumukunde is one of several candidates vying for the Ugandan presidency, and he\u2019s placed his hope in Museveni failing to win the first round in January and the opposition uniting around a single challenger, eventually coming out on top. \u201cIf we can work together, this will increase the opportunity of one of us winning,\u201d Tumukunde told me.<\/p>\n<p>It\u2019s a faint hope. The international democracy-monitoring organization Freedom House says Museveni\u2019s ruling National Resistance Movement party \u201cretains power through the manipulation of state resources, intimidation by security forces and politicized prosecutions of opposition leaders.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Around the world, by 2020, democracy was in its 15th year of retreat. Charismatic, Western-backed leaders who found their way to power through the ballot box were welcomed into the arms of the World Bank and the International Monetary Fund, but they\u2019ve turned out to be just as reluctant to surrender power as the hard men at the vanguard of Third World liberation movements were.<\/p>\n<p>The abolition of term limits is becoming a reliable signpost in democracy\u2019s descent into \u201cilliberal democracy,\u201d and then to despotism, civil war and chaos. Over the past five years, they\u2019ve been weakened or entirely abolished in Algeria, Burundi, Chad, Comoros, C\u00f4te d\u2019Ivoire, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, the Republic of the Congo, Egypt, Guinea, Rwanda and South Sudan.<\/p>\n<p>This is not just an African phenomenon or a right-wing or left-wing phenomenon. The abolition of term limits and other methods of subversion from above have been successfully employed by Nicaragua\u2019s Daniel Ortega, Venezuela\u2019s Nicol\u00e1s Maduro, Turkey\u2019s Recep Tayyip Erdo\u011fan, the Belarusian dictator Alexander Lukashenko and, most effectively, by Russia\u2019s Vladimir Putin.<\/p>\n<p>A former KGB officer, Putin was <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/download-scripts-themes-apps\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"9\" title=\"Download Scripts &amp; Themes &amp; Apps\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">app<\/a>ointed prime minister in 1999 and elected president in 2000. He dodged term limits by shifting back into the prime minister\u2019s office in 2009, and then won a dubious re-election as president in 2012 in a vote that fewer than half of Russian voters considered free and fair. In July, Putin secured a constitutional amendment allowing him to hang on as president until at least 2036.<\/p>\n<p>It took years for American free-market triumphalists to concede that the capitalist-democratic Russian emancipation of the early 1990s was just as much a matter of Communist Party commissars mutating into absurdly corrupt corporate oligarchs. It\u2019s taking even longer for Canada\u2019s foreign-policy establishment to admit it was wrong to imagine the Chinese Communist Party would become more amenable to democratic values after the People\u2019s Republic was welcomed into the \u201crules-based international order\u201d following Deng Xiaoping\u2019s reforms of the 1980s.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cOver the past decade, one in six democracies has failed,\u201d the liberal-leaning American think tank Protect Democracy calculates. Even in the United States, faith in democracy itself has been on a steady decline from the days of George W. Bush, right through the Barack Obama years, tanking after the election of Donald Trump.<\/p>\n<p>Heading into the 2020 elections, a Project Democracy poll showed two in five Republican voters said a win for the Democrat Joe Biden would only come about by poll-rigging and electoral fraud, while two in three Democrats said Trump could only win through foreign interference and voter suppression.<\/p>\n<p>Democracy is nowhere near as resilient as the Cold War victors imagined. Just ask Uganda\u2019s Henry Tumukunde. \u201cIt means a lot of painstaking efforts,\u201d he told me. \u201cBut we stand a good chance, if there are free and fair elections.\u201d<\/p>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"14_things_2020_proved_wrong\"><\/span>14 things 2020 proved wrong<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<hr\/>\n<h3><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"%E2%80%98Democracy_is_destiny\"><\/span>\u2018Democracy is destiny\u2019<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h3>\n<h4><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"The_worst_system_except_for_all_the_others_has_been_under_attack_for_years_Trump_just_made_us_notice\"><\/span>The worst system except for all the others has been under attack for years. Trump just made us notice.<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h4>\n<hr\/>\n<h3><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"%E2%80%98The_future_is_virtual\"><\/span>\u2018The future is virtual\u2019<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h3>\n<h4><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"The_pandemic_has_made_it_clear_in_more_ways_than_we_would_have_thought_to_count_you_actually_need_to_be_there\"><\/span>The pandemic has made it clear in more ways than we would have thought to count: you actually need to be there<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h4>\n<hr\/>\n<h3><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"%E2%80%98Rich_countries_can_overcome\"><\/span>\u2018Rich countries can overcome\u2019<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h3>\n<h4><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"The_awful_response_to_the_pandemic_put_the_final_nail_in_the_myth_of_liberal_democracys_pre-eminence\"><\/span>The awful response to the pandemic put the final nail in the myth of liberal democracy\u2019s pre-eminence<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h4>\n<hr\/>\n<h3><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"%E2%80%98In_a_crisis_leaders_will_lead\"><\/span>\u2018In a crisis, leaders will lead\u2019<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h3>\n<h4><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"The_job_description_is_right_in_their_title_but_too_many_simply_failed_to_show_up_for_work\"><\/span>The job description is right in their title, but too many simply failed to show up for work<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h4>\n<hr\/>\n<h3><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"%E2%80%98Women_are_winning_at_work\"><\/span>\u2018Women are winning at work\u2019<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h3>\n<h4><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"The_economic_crisis_spurred_by_the_pandemic_has_unveiled_inequalities_and_obstacles_once_thought_a_thing_of_the_past\"><\/span>The economic crisis spurred by the pandemic has unveiled inequalities and obstacles once thought a thing of the past<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h4>\n<hr\/>\n<h3><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"%E2%80%98The_individual_is_supreme\"><\/span>\u2018The individual is supreme\u2019<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h3>\n<h4><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Our_decades-long_love_affair_with_rugged_independence_has_suddenly_fallen_away\"><\/span>Our decades-long love affair with rugged independence has suddenly fallen away<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h4>\n<hr\/>\n<h3><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"%E2%80%98The_stock_market_has_meaning\"><\/span>\u2018The stock market has meaning\u2019<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h3>\n<h4><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Long_treated_as_a_key_economic_indicator_by_many_it_is_now_completely_detached_from_how_the_economy_is_actually_doing\"><\/span>Long treated as a key economic indicator by many, it is now completely detached from how the economy is actually doing<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h4>\n<hr\/>\n<h3><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"%E2%80%98Climate_change_cant_be_stopped\"><\/span>\u2018Climate change can\u2019t be stopped\u2019<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h3>\n<h4><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"After_decades_of_planet-threatening_growth_emissions_fell_off_a_cliff_Environmentalists_sense_a_turning_point\"><\/span>After decades of planet-threatening growth, emissions fell off a cliff. Environmentalists sense a turning point.<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h4>\n<hr\/>\n<h3><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"%E2%80%98We_value_our_seniors\"><\/span>\u2018We value our seniors\u2019<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h3>\n<h4><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Decades_of_promises_to_improve_the_quality_of_life_of_elderly_Canadians_have_gone_unfulfilled\"><\/span>Decades of promises to improve the quality of life of elderly Canadians have gone unfulfilled<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h4>\n<hr\/>\n<h3><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"%E2%80%98Kids_are_resilient\"><\/span>\u2018Kids are resilient\u2019<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h3>\n<h4><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Childrens_ability_to_bounce_back_has_been_pushed_to_a_breaking_point_and_exposed_some_ugly_inequalities\"><\/span>Children\u2019s ability to bounce back has been pushed to a breaking point, and exposed some ugly inequalities<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h4>\n<hr\/>\n<h3><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"%E2%80%98Running_errands_is_boring\"><\/span>\u2018Running errands is boring\u2019<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h3>\n<h4><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Rushing_out_to_get_milk_was_once_the_height_of_tedium_Today_its_an_anxiety-inducing_thrill_ride\"><\/span>Rushing out to get milk was once the height of tedium. Today, it\u2019s an anxiety-inducing thrill ride.<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h4>\n<hr\/>\n<h3><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"%E2%80%98We_need_the_gym\"><\/span>\u2018We need the gym\u2019<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h3>\n<h4><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"The_pandemic_shutdown_forced_a_reality_check_for_many_all_that_time_spent_in_the_gym_was_more_luxury_than_necessity\"><\/span>The pandemic shutdown forced a reality check: for many, all that time spent in the gym was more luxury than necessity<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h4>\n<hr\/>\n<h3><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"%E2%80%98Bureaucracy_is_slow\"><\/span>\u2018Bureaucracy is slow\u2019<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h3>\n<h4><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"The_pandemic_forced_a_culture_shift_on_government_proving_that_red_tape_really_can_be_cut\"><\/span>The pandemic forced a culture shift on government, proving that red tape really can be cut<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h4>\n<hr\/>\n<h3><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"%E2%80%98You_can_ignore_racism\"><\/span>\u2018You can ignore racism\u2019<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h3>\n<h4><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Denying_systemic_racism_is_no_longer_tenable_But_will_the_outrage_of_the_past_summer_translate_to_substantive_change\"><\/span>Denying systemic racism is no longer tenable. 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