The tech exists and has for decades and is battle hardened. It is called zero proof knowledge but Centralized power wants nothing to do with it as it is a decentralized technology. It is ok, as we will be forced to move towards decentralized services the more we wade into the new AI/Quantum Age as anything Centralized is a sitting duck for being hacked and hacked often to the point that they become useless.

Wow…that is roughly $2000 per Canadian.

There is NO evidence? I found these 10 papers that seems to indicate there is some emerging evidence.

1.	“The micro(nano)plastics perspective” (Molecular Cancer, 2025) — overview of micro(nano)plastics and potential links to cancer  

Link: https://molecular-cancer.biomedcentral.com/articles/10.1186/s12943-025-02230-z 2. “Insights into the potential carcinogenicity of micro (nano)plastics” (Domenech et al., 2023) — review of evidence of MNPLs’ carcinogenic potential  Link: https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/36739075/ 3. “Microplastics: a cancer-causing agent for humans and …” (Jindal et al.) — argues MPs as risk for cancer and reviews mechanisms  Link: https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC11925826/ 4. “Worker studies suggest unique liver carcinogenicity potential of polyvinyl chloride microplastics” (Zarus et al.) — occupational exposure / PVC microplastic exposure and liver cancer risk  Link: https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/147717 5. “Exploring the link between microplastics and cancer” (Joseph et al., 2025) — discussion of MPs’ persistence, accumulation, and possible roles in carcinogenesis  Link: https://pubs.rsc.org/en/content/articlehtml/2025/em/d5em00232j 6. “Microplastics and Cancer: Your Questions Answered” (Dana-Farber blog overview) — less technical, useful summary of human/animal evidence to date  Link: https://blog.dana-farber.org/insight/2025/03/microplastics-and-cancer-what-you-need-to-know/ 7. “Microplastics in the Human Body: Exposure, Detection, and …” (Dzierżyński et al., 2024) — includes risk estimates for cancer from MP-bound contaminants  Link: https://www.mdpi.com/2072-6694/16/21/3703 8. “Microplastics: an often-overlooked issue in the transition …” (Cheng et al., 2024) — mentions MP exposure promoting proliferation of skin cancer cells, etc.  Link: https://translational-medicine.biomedcentral.com/articles/10.1186/s12967-024-05731-5 9. “Identification and analysis of microplastics in peritumoral and tumor tissues of colorectal cancer” (Pan et al., 2025) — directly detects MPs in human colorectal tumor and peritumoral tissues  Link: https://www.nature.com/articles/s41598-025-98268-6 10. “Investigating the Carcinogenic Potential of Plastic Additives” (Vincoff et al., 2024) — focuses on additives (in plastics) which may mediate carcinogenic risk in plastics including microplastics  Link: https://pubs.acs.org/doi/10.1021/acs.est.3c06840

Not sure it is about remembering as much as how one’s brain works as some are more emotional than intellectual.

So it is bro due to the microplastics and other pollutants, additives and chemicals in the food chain and environment too?

I think the biggest one that was drilled into us constantly, especially about WW2 and Nazis was

“ Those Who Cannot Remember the Past Are Condemned To Repeat It”

This was a load of shit as evidenced by what is going on in the USA right now and other parts of the world. The real lesson should have been to push back the second a nazi takes an inch as they will take more if you play the nice and tolerate. Not everyone is well intentioned.

I disagree. Robots are the future as robots will make more robots to make everything including cars. We need to be robot independent.

This is even worse that the current system as it essentially means flat tax regardless of your income. This means a poor person is paying the same income tax through purchasing items at a store who will be on the hook for the taxes so naturally will pass on to you and at the same time a rich person will pay the same price and tax. Further since it is centralized all the same issues of corruption and exploitation exist even if the intent today is good.

What is decentralized?

Is Taler decentralized?

I have not stepped inside a game store in at least 15 years as there just has been no need anymore with downloads.

Xerox has been in Canada even longer but they are still an American company regardless. Just like Nintendo of America is still a Japanese company.

But IBM is an American company? Why is Canada now plowing $210M into Canadian chip companies/startups. Chips is the new oil.

That is what I first submitted too. My passport which has no address. Then they said I need to send ID with an address so I sent my drivers license. Then they said it has to be a current address, but I moved out of country so how would I have an address on my ID. Then they suggested my Notice of Assessment which has a family members mailing address on it and that worked but by this point it was too late.

What was the issue for you?

Mine got majorly delayed as I was asked to show ID with my Canadian mailing address on it, but like most who have moved out of country I was using a family members mailing address. Of course my Canadian IDs had my last home address and not my family members as why would it? I moved out of the country. We went back and forth with each reply taking Elections Canada 5-7 days. I ended up filling my taxes with my family members address and sent them my NOA which worked but it was too late by the time I received the package.

How did you avoid this address issue?

Same here. What was your hold up? Mine was my ID did not match my mailing address as of course not, I left the country and cannot get my Canadian ID updated with a foreign address? We went back and forth and each round it took Elections Canada 5-7 days to respond. I eventually just filled my taxes with a family’s address in Canada and used the NOA as the proof of address. I am so disappointed in the process. Does not even make sense. I get they want to put you in the right riding, but you literally moved out of the country and are not in a riding. They need to inspect their process as this one is broken.

Would have been 2 more if Elections Canada did not fumble sending us the out of country voting package. Sure there are many others in the same boat.

The same could be said about any Union including the USA as not all states are treated equally.

You mean you are done with the US and you are not joining the EU and not all Canadians feel this way.

A national survey conducted by Abacus Data in late February 2025, involving 1,500 Canadian adults, revealed:

• 44% believe the Canadian government should “definitely or probably” explore joining the EU.
• 34% are opposed to the idea.
• 23% remain undecided.