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See "Overton Window."

Aatos Lehtila

@aatosl.bsky.social

Has Canada ever had government grocery stores?

Also, Nenshi’s gonna say what his consultants tell him he needs to for the futile oil vote. But don’t let Calgary set the bar for the rest of the country. (And when he’s done, get Janis Irwin into provincial leadership already, FFS)

A year into probably the biggest corruption scandal in provincial political history, possibly federal too, and Danielle Smith riding higher than ever. Don’t listen to Nenshi.

troyliss

@troyliss.bsky.social

I wonder if the NDP would get more traction if they stopped giving scandals cutesy nicknames and just made it synonymous with Smith and the UCP. What the fuck is a CorruptCare?

Dave Church

@davechurch.bsky.social

@tryingtohelp.bsky.social

It's unclear what the strategy is for Nenshi and co. Do nothing and let the UCP do what they want, apparently

“ Eat the rich” Notley “Queen of corporate bum welfare” No oil. No gas. No pipelines. LEAP manifesto Far left populist demagogue Socialism failed in Cuba Russia even China

Libretio

@libretio.bsky.social

We have exactly the same issue here in the UK, with a newly-resurgent Green Party led by similarly 'populist' Left-winger Zack Polanski. The shrieks of horror from the Right/Far Right media are music to our ears...

Ianm

@ianm10.bsky.social

1 percent own the media, so yes, they will attack the left at every opportunity. We are stronger, when we vote.

Ianm

@ianm10.bsky.social

@chadcrichton.bsky.social

It's the rightwing media that has gotten us in this mess

Chad Crichton

Counterpoint: If Avi Lewis had been elected on this platform three decades ago, in 1996, I think the NDP might have come in fifth in the 1997 election rather than fourth.

@chadcrichton.bsky.social

I really have no idea but I think if someone in federal politics could have competently articulated anti-neoliberalism in the 90s we might be a very different country today. But that’s about when the NDP let it go

Chad Crichton

I'm just not as convinced that the overton window has shifted as far to the right in Canada in the last 30 years as you implied because I think of Jean Chretien as WAAAAY to the right of Justin Trudeau and I think that on some (many?) files people would argue that he was also to the right of Carney.

@secondsmarketplace.bsky.social

I think there are many more factors at play in that shift than the individual political position of prime ministers. Most relevant among them to rightward shift: centralization of executive power, political impunity, surveillance capacity, economic inequality, erosion of social & health protections.

Seconds Marketplace

Yeah, implementing a totalitarian autocracy with technocratic surveillance while killing citizens is perceived as « meh » but thinking it would be nice if going to the hospital or university didn’t cost 50k instantly makes you a socialist.

MrCranky 🇨🇦

@mrcranky.bsky.social