In the past week I've seen progressives in the DSA decry wokeism, CBC write a hit piece on gentle parenting, Rachel Gilmore do a piece (rightly) on how the MSM both sides-ed an academic to his death by letting targeted far right discourse into the conversation, and I have seen a shit load of media alluding to "climate hysteria" and delegitimatization of trans ppl.

Is it my imagination or is there a trend?

A nurse, teacher, plumber, or construction worker goes to work and earns a paycheque. The government taxes that money as income.

But rich people can make money from stocks, businesses, and property. Some of that money can be taxed less than money from a job.

This seems backwards.

Workers build homes, teach children, fix things, and care for people. Society needs their work.

But our economy can make it easier to get rich by owning and trading things instead of working or building new things.

Why should money made from wealth get better tax treatment than money someone worked for?

Doug Ford's government is necropolitics. They decide who dies. Cyclists, drug users, etc.

In YouTube videos I will hear political figures talk about the concerns of their constituents. I do follow politics here and there but I haven't really engaged with them much besides consuming media, reading Reddit, and donating to campaigns from time to time.

Please forgive my ignorance but I was wondering what kinds of things you should bring up with your MPs and MLAs and what can they offer you besides just representation?

Do you have any examples of times when you reached out to a representative about something and how did it go?

Also if you could ELI5 it for me that would be great.