By: Niveja Assalaarachchi, News Writer They say that politics is real, veryrealpolitiks, I think, is what the experts call it. But does it really feel real right now? Are we living in a simulation — is it all AI? Why does the orange man want to drink our maple syrup? Why doesn’t he just drink his own? Why are the French Canadians so unhappy? Is it because we don’t have a baguette on our flag? In order to dive into the heart of what’s happening at SFU, in Canada — hell, even the world, I have taken on the task of speaking with a leading academic.  Dr. Aaron Hoffman is a professor in the department of political science at Simon Fraser University. He specializes in international...