String fullTitle = 'Canadian anons, how do you cope?';
int postNumber = 58420561;
String image = '1713663189645237.png';
String date = '04/20/24(Sat)21:33:09';
String comment = 'The past five years have been a total fucking shitshow featuring a steady economic decline. If you're anything but a tradie or a nurse you're completely fucked.

> Prices of goods and services have, in some cases, gone up by 200%, despite the 2% annual inflation rate the government media outlets push.

>Immigration into my province is through the roof, so employers do nothing to retain their staff, knowing they can take another candidate out of their pool, and they'll be ready to turn up to work the following Monday.

(Also, our "Conservative" government was the one shilling for immigrants to come to Alberta just a few months ago, lmao).

>Everyone is looking for a job; even those employed full-time are spamming their resumes. Not to mention ghost jobs, various resume data mining operations, etc.

>Business owner's operations costs are through the roof.

> At CAD 55,000, taxes are around $1200 a month, including pension payments that I can't opt out of.

> All side hustles are regulated into the ground or outright illegal - something as simple as leverage trading BTC perps is not allowed in the "most conservative province in Canada - Canadian Texas!".

The government monopolizes the market and has been doing so since C19 to the point where most industries operate under a strict government monopoly. Making money online by trading physical goods is also nearly impossible due to the unreliable Canadian postage system.

>Just leave, anon.

Cool fucking beans, but remember, you can't just pack a bag back and go to another country. It would be best if you had capital to start - it's not that easy.';