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[–] aceshigh@lemmy.world 9 points 1 week ago

Go Canada!!

[–] KulunkelBoom@lemm.ee 6 points 1 week ago
[–] TripleIris@lemmy.wtf 5 points 1 week ago (10 children)

This feels like a short-term win but a long-term loss. Carney is a centrist, a former banker that's in to a lot of conservative ideas. He feels like Biden 2.0, the conservatives only losing because of Trump's unhinged rantings. MAGA-ism has gained a huge foothold in Canada, and turning to a do nothing centrist is only going to do so much.

[–] DicJacobus@lemmy.world 9 points 1 week ago

Trump didnt cause the Conservatives to lose, they did that themselves with how they acted in spite of how Conservatives across the world were acting... and the fact that most of their platform revolved around just screaming "we're not the liberals, we're not trudeau"

they acted with an extreme amount of entitlement. that because the liberals had ruined the country for 10 years, it was now their turn. couple that with a lot of snide, childish shitposting, and an absolute bombardment of anti-trudeau ads and rhetoric, they basically bullied trudeau out of office, and once he was gone, they didnt have a platform anymore.

then enter the Trump , Trade war, and threats of Invasion shit. The conservatives basically waffled during this foreign policy crisis that pissed a lot of people off. the reality had changed and a lot of people felt like bringing a party that was polluted with the far right, was now no longer tenable.

[–] shawn1122@lemm.ee 5 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago)

I'm totally okay with taking a shot on someone who is actually educated and respected as opposed to a career politician.

Many Western nations are turning to political outsiders out of frustration with the status quo. Conservatives and the far right have more effectively tapped into that underlying desire and capitalized on it.

Here we have an outsider who isn't a dog whistling regressive populist. That's a huge win for Canada in my book.

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[–] LarmyOfLone@lemm.ee 5 points 1 week ago (18 children)

You can predict what likely happens next: more neoliberal policies and degradation of quality of life. In one of the next election the fascists take over Canada. They never learn.

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[–] Papaslair@lemmy.ca 5 points 1 week ago

Carney should send a thank you note to Trump for helping him win the election

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