3w ago

Good job

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I'm not gonna congratulate Canada on not completely shitting the bed. The Canadians were going to vote in a Trump-like conservative until Trump started banging on about Canada being the 51st state. If Trump kept his mouth shut, it would have been curtains for the Liberal party.
Canadians did not vote for the Liberals based on their record or policies, they voted to tell Trump to fuck off. The moment Trump is no longer a threat, the unity dies and everything swings back to the Conservatives, which isn't a good thing.
- Yeah, as someone from the shit hole to the south, I was very relieved Canada didn't go in the populist, right wing, direction it was looking like. I am hoping the failure of the trump administration instigates a push back to the general trend right that has been going on in the west. My bigger, less likely hope, is that we can reflect on what happened and actually address the popularity of fascism.
- Yeah it was a close election. We absolutely did not reject Trump with any consensus. There's not as much to celebrate people think.
  What people don't know is the Conservatives here have had a revolving door of leaders in search of a Trump-like candidate. The past several election cycles have been this way. The party has sold their soul to MAGA style politics a long time ago.
  They just had the best showing ever in this election even though it was a loss. And this is with the best Trump wannabe candidate they've managed to field thus far. A belligerent authoritarian-like tyrant with zero shame. They are not going to stop this any more than the Republicans would to turn back from Trump. They may even keep the current guy even though he lost his own seat.
  Canada will inevitably elect a conservative government. It's a defacto two party system. It will all go to hell. Especially if MAGA is still ruling America at the same time.
- they voted to tell Trump to fuck off.
  God, if only our voters did the same.
  But no, let's talk about principles and genocide Joe, I'm sure that will help Gaza, that will really show them all!!!
  
  Yeah, those guys are still pretty butthurt when you call them out. they just can't get over their righteous stupidity backfiring.
  
  They thought they were smarter and more moral than everyone else.
  Their arrogant ignorance led to them falling for a trick only slightly less old than "Hey, look over there!".
- I'm glad we can drop the fucking bravado and acknowledge this now. We need to in order to survive.
- With any luck the Conservatives will split back into two parties. It's unlikely, but the splitting of the Conservatives would be a welcome surprise.
  
  There the People Party of Canada that has been a home to those who think the Conservatives aren’t racists, transphobes and conspiracy nut jobs enough
- Better than starting a war to manufacture unity.

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