Totalitarian Paradox Unfolding in Canada

History is being made in Canada these days. It's a fine display of civil disobedience with hardly anyone so far being arrested, and no violence anywhere. Truckers have clogged the streets of Ottawa and hampered traffic at border crossings. But as soon as the police come to arrest them, they've moved on to new destinations.

This has in turn frustrated the totalitarians, who have now granted themselves emergency powers to fight the peaceful protesters. They have labeled them terrorists so as to unleash the full force of the state. However, this draconian measure has hit a snag. Those tasked with the dirty work allocated to them are not playing along. The police chief in Ottawa has resigned, and someone has warned the protesters of an apparent attempt to create a false flag event.

If this is what it appears to be, we're seeing the unfolding of the totalitarian paradox in Canada. It's dawning on the bureaucracy that the political elite has nothing good in store for them, so they either refuse to act on orders, or they deliberately sabotage whatever nefarious plans they were ordered to execute.

Once this starts to happen, things tend to unravel quickly. Ottawa's police chief doesn't have to give any reason for his resignation. He doesn't have to join the protesters. The damage has been done regardless of further action on his part, because everyone in the Ottawa police force now knows that something too distasteful to contemplate has been ordered from higher up. The new leader will find it virtually impossible to get people to act out these orders, no matter how willing he or she may be.

Adding to the totalitarians' woes, we have the people who tipped off the protesters. They are like loose cannons onboard their ship. If they are not found and silenced, all sorts of dirty secrets may leak out to the public. Bureaucrats will scramble to distance themselves from anyone who so much as suggests a dirty trick. They'll refuse to act, and the totalitarians end up impotent in their ivory towers.

This has happened many times before in history, and it has been particularly effective in countries with a high level of civility and genuine tolerance in their culture, so it's not all that surprising that Canada is the place where this scenario is currently unfolding. It's a place where people pride themselves on being honest and good, and there's no tolerance for violence, fraud and trickery. It's not a place where a lie can be pushed for years on end without something like the current protest coming about in the fashion we're seeing. 

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