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Alberta Canada’s Cycle of Abuse with Big Oil
Big oil hurts Alberta, Alberta hurts Canada, rinse and repeat.
In the classic cycle of abuse, today’s abuse victim can easily grow up to become tomorrow’s abuser. Unable to wreak vengeance upon their own abuser, the pent up rage and frustration from their own suffering is unleashed upon a different convenient target, and the cycle perpetuates. Since the fundamental lesson learned from powerful abusers is that apparently it’s okay to be brutal towards those who are easy targets, the abusee tends to focus on finding easy targets that won’t or can’t easily defend themselves. This is a component in the societal problem of populations experiencing hardship tending to punch down at those whose circumstances are even more precarious than their own rather than directing their ire upwards at the true source of their woes. The province of Alberta’s dysfunctional relationship with the rest of Canada and the fossil fuel industry is a perfect example. Every blow the province feels from big oil is one it turns around to deliver twofold to the nation it is a part of.
Big oil dishes Alberta a surprising amount of crap.
During a few boom times while big oil was king, resource revenues temporarily afforded Alberta plenty of spending money while maintaining a…
