Yes but yesterday’s neoliberal ideas are better than tomorrow’s fascist ideas.
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this post was submitted on 21 Feb 2025
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The problem is that many decades of neoliberalism has led people to be so desperate they think facism is a solution.
If Carney continues to do what the Liberals and Conservative has done for a long time now the next thing people go will be much uglier.
A key problem humanity seems to have, which is exploited by politicians everywhere, is the affinity for black and white thinking.
Capitalism and even neoliberalism are not necessarily categorically terrible. Unregulated versions of these certainly are terrible and unsustainable. And some versions and implementations of ideologies or frameworks are net worse than others.
Absolute austerity, unregulated neoliberalism, unregulated capitalism, unopposed communism, etc, are all terrible, damaging and unsustainable. Unfortunately finding sustainable solutions is difficult and requires thought, time and dedication. And it requires vision and unifying leadership to sell it to the people.
What kind of system did we have in Canada before the shift towards neoliberal capitalism?
None of these facts are wrong. Carney is a top-tier capitalist, no question. The thing is, what are the choices? Three of the Liberal candidates are women. Not gonna win nationally. The other two are unknown MPs. Polievre has no vision, just a strategy of division and dog whistles, á la Prez Chump. It’s getting old fast. The NDP is still a fringe party with “visible minority” leader. Not gonna win nationally. There’s a lot to dislike, and if the Liberals select him, they won’t get my vote. But I think he will be the next PM, and might even win the next election. Unfortunately, I think that will depend significantly on what Chump and the Villionaires do in the next six months. And that is ~~volitile~~ ~~capricious~~ ~~unstable~~ unpredictable!
So when Poilievre says don’t listen to Carney because these are actually his own policies, is this not also an anti-Conservative piece?
Liberal by name and conservative by nature, or Conservative by name and rageful extremist by nature. Which will it be, Canada? What a political dilemma. If only there were some kind of third option.
Socially liberal and fiscally conservative. This is the definition of the Liberal Party, so it's a good fit.
If you want socially liberal and fiscally liberal, then you want NDP.
i expect you mean singh, but really the bq has triple the projected seats. we're a two party nation just like .. well you know who
well you know who
Yeah, the UK is pretty much in the same boat.
It will be the former this round. Then work to replace Singh with someone electable who presents not simply a credible but a desirable, left alternative. And try them in the federal election after. Join unions while that's going on.
The NDP?
Neo lib regime whores never change...
Don't give it any chances
This time around we'll have to extend it for another four years. The NDP is currently polling at under 12% and 13 seats and it's on a downward trajectory:
If NDP ends up with less seats than BQ I really hope that finally triggers a new leadership vote for NDP, Singh just isn't cutting it.
id rather go with the devil i know than pp. just recently that fella advocated for guard towers on the border, except i've drive along it for a long ways across mb, sk and ab. much of the time the border is 'the field on that side of the street', or 'just past those trees'.
The Breach participating in voter suppression activities for the CPC, I see.
I don't know if I agree with that assessment, but they do seem to have one writer who does nothing but write about how bad Carney is, and another who does nothing but write about how bad Freeland is.
But which one is more bad? 😂
Exactly.