CARLETON, ON - Despite losing his own riding by several thousand votes, Conservative leader Pierre Poilievre has vowed to stay on as party leader due to having absolutely no employment track record outside of politics.
I don’t see any rules on satire so I hope this post is ok. if not please remove, thanks!
It’s a bit alarming to see more Canadian Cons didn’t reject him however,
Beyond just a little alarming. Over 40% of the population basically said “We don’t want Canada to survive the next four years” with their vote.
Everyone was in disbelief when people voted for Trump the first time. Then the second time. And look at what’s happened there. A total collapse of their country.
Ironically, PP is the man of “no confidence” when it came to Trudeau. Yet, PP lost a 30%+ lead. Talk about no confidence! They should be kicking him out.
but after 3 liberal terms it gets harder and harder.
This is frustrating to hear, because I know this type of thinking can affect voting.
The reality is, if anyone is suffering during their day-to-day life, they need to squarely blame their Provincial and Municipal governments.
We keep voting for conservatives who impact our daily lives, but blame the federal government. Education is key to inform future voters of how each level of government affects them.
It’s pretty bad. I was talking to someone who voted Cons yesterday and he was saying how Trump was actually doing the US economy a ton of good and that all the numbers from the stock markets to the bonds, trade numbers and all else were either temporary bumps or unimportant.
While it’s true that stock numbers don’t reflect the actual markets, they do reflect market confidence and has a high tendency to match what the market actually ends up being several months down the line.
I’ve come to realize that Cons rely on the fact that their supporters simply listen to their messages without paying any attention to other signs of what’s going on, which is why they can flatly lie about whatever they want and people actually believe them. Because they don’t want to internalize anything that suggests that they are wrong.
As someone who voted Liberals this time, I do strongly believe Carney is wrong and misguided on many points, but voted for him anyways. Because someone who is wrong a part of the time is far better than someone who is wrong most of the time. That a partially bad direction is better than someone who will run full steam ahead into the biggest ditch he can find while running over the average Canadian on the way.
You can seize the means of Production and lose society to those who own the means of Reproduction (of society): communication. Media, culture, education, history, and Law are just as fundamental to society as ownership, and as a shaper of motives, has more inertia, therefore momentum.
American oligarchs have a long lever into Canada through ownership and influence of our media, both legacy and online. We are going backwards without fixing that.
Don’t forget the Canadian oligarchs that are doing “god’s work” in Canada as well. Most of the private Canadian news outlets are owned by these billionaires that actively squeeze out every cent from their own base while convincing them that it’s for their benefit with unabashedly one-sided reporting.
It really reminds me that all the stuff I say that what the US reminds me of 1930s Germany or Italy actually applies to Canada as well to a frighten degree.
Beyond just a little alarming. Over 40% of the population basically said “We don’t want Canada to survive the next four years” with their vote.
Everyone was in disbelief when people voted for Trump the first time. Then the second time. And look at what’s happened there. A total collapse of their country.
Ironically, PP is the man of “no confidence” when it came to Trudeau. Yet, PP lost a 30%+ lead. Talk about no confidence! They should be kicking him out.
This is frustrating to hear, because I know this type of thinking can affect voting.
The reality is, if anyone is suffering during their day-to-day life, they need to squarely blame their Provincial and Municipal governments.
We keep voting for conservatives who impact our daily lives, but blame the federal government. Education is key to inform future voters of how each level of government affects them.
It’s pretty bad. I was talking to someone who voted Cons yesterday and he was saying how Trump was actually doing the US economy a ton of good and that all the numbers from the stock markets to the bonds, trade numbers and all else were either temporary bumps or unimportant.
While it’s true that stock numbers don’t reflect the actual markets, they do reflect market confidence and has a high tendency to match what the market actually ends up being several months down the line.
I’ve come to realize that Cons rely on the fact that their supporters simply listen to their messages without paying any attention to other signs of what’s going on, which is why they can flatly lie about whatever they want and people actually believe them. Because they don’t want to internalize anything that suggests that they are wrong.
As someone who voted Liberals this time, I do strongly believe Carney is wrong and misguided on many points, but voted for him anyways. Because someone who is wrong a part of the time is far better than someone who is wrong most of the time. That a partially bad direction is better than someone who will run full steam ahead into the biggest ditch he can find while running over the average Canadian on the way.
You can seize the means of Production and lose society to those who own the means of Reproduction (of society): communication. Media, culture, education, history, and Law are just as fundamental to society as ownership, and as a shaper of motives, has more inertia, therefore momentum.
American oligarchs have a long lever into Canada through ownership and influence of our media, both legacy and online. We are going backwards without fixing that.
Don’t forget the Canadian oligarchs that are doing “god’s work” in Canada as well. Most of the private Canadian news outlets are owned by these billionaires that actively squeeze out every cent from their own base while convincing them that it’s for their benefit with unabashedly one-sided reporting.
It really reminds me that all the stuff I say that what the US reminds me of 1930s Germany or Italy actually applies to Canada as well to a frighten degree.
Education to inform voters? I wonder which party routinely tries to reduce education funding…