Nope the realists tell the truth . We pissed away our birthright and celebrate it . Enjoy the decline .
Newsflash: The whole world has gone into decline.
And you're not a realist, you're a fatalist. Realists know in this kind of case that things can be changed. Happens all the time. See, people like you got soft and were happy to ride the status quo because life was pretty comfortable in Canada for a while there. As long as some bit of govt bullshit didn't negatively impact us in a noticeable or substantial way "we" were happy to let it slide.
Govt heaving more responsibility onto un-elected bodies like the courts and HRC's to avoid having to make actual decisions that might negatively affect their poor little ratings and re-election hopes. And Canadians yawned.
The govt temporarily suspended our rights and froze bank accounts over a pretty fucking peaceful protest and some dude named Yuri from Arkansas donating 5 bucks or something and there were too many Canadians who were dumb enough to cheer and support the suspension of their own civil rights over that shit.
The rest still did nothing.
Don't blame govts for getting away with shit that we allow them to get away with. You think the Canadian govt has any real power over Canadians? If 250,000 people or more marched on Parliament Hill demanding change, not just of govt but of how it fucking works, what could the govt do? Call out the military that they've treated like shit for decades to defend and protect them? The police who's backs they haven't had for the last 9+ years?