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I disagree. It should have been a complete landslide.
The fact that Pierre Poilievre received any votes at all suggests that almost $5m Canadians are still fuckheads.
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Submitted 14 hours ago by Clinicallydepressedpoochie@lemmy.world to showerthoughts@lemmy.world
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Salvo@aussie.zone 13 hours ago
iAmTheTot@sh.itjust.works 13 hours ago
To be clear, Poilievre has not received 5 million votes, the Conservative party has. And in fact, as of writing this comment, Poilievre is losing in his riding.
Salvo@aussie.zone 12 hours ago
I live in a safe Australian LNP seat, the odds are that on Saturday night, our neighbours and I are (very likely) going to continue having a Right-Wing member of Parliament.
That does still mean that even though they are voting for our local MP, they are also voting for a former 1980s Queensland Cop with a suspiciously large amount of money as PM.
I would be happy if every (Australian) Coalition candidate and all the Right-Wing independent candidates received Zero votes this election, otherwise there are too many Australian Fuckwits.
Clinicallydepressedpoochie@lemmy.world 3 hours ago
It’s hard to change people’s minds when they consume so much garbage and refuse to acknowledge other opinions.
Spuddlesv2@lemmy.ca 8 hours ago
Minority liberal governments are more progressive so I’m all for it. Let the fuckheads revel in it.
AThing4String@sh.itjust.works 3 hours ago
This was my take as well - liberals are pretty centrist generally, which has its advantages, but having to cooperate with a smaller progressive party keeps them accountable. I liked what the NDP was able to leverage our of the last government, and I’m hopeful that the NDP and Greens (or, well, Green) can continue to punch above their weight as kingmakers here.
Tiger666@lemmy.ca 7 hours ago
That is a bold statement. Do you personally see what the motivations of all five million voters are?
I’m sure not all conservative voters voted for peter rabbithair because they like trump. Some people just want change and are not aware or do not care about the political reality we face.
How do you sway these voters if you denigrate them? If this minority government falls in a few months, then what?
We need to explain why voting a certain way is detrimental to democracy in Canada, not put down because of how someone voted.
beejboytyson@lemmy.world 5 hours ago
Man thats a lot of words for I’m a cunt but don’t wanna be called out.
OldManBOMBIN@lemmy.world 13 hours ago
What’s that in rubles?
Salvo@aussie.zone 13 hours ago
Sorry I meant 5 million individuals, not $5m
Jaysyn@lemmy.world 6 hours ago
Blows my mind that nearly 30% of Canada voted to hand the country over to Trump, which is what electing Polliverre would have achieved. Both are taking marching orders from the Kremlin.
RememberTheApollo_@lemmy.world 5 hours ago
~30% of the people seem to be the mark for “will actively vote for fascism to destroy the country because of my prejudice and hatreds.”
It was 32% for us in the US.
It was 33% for Hitler and the Nazis in ‘32.
vxx@lemmy.world 5 hours ago
20% in germany, the country that swore “never again” and the party is now nearing 30% as well in polls.
They would’ve won if it wasnt for a huge turnout that hadnt happened in a long time, and I think part of it was because of USA as well.
Bytemeister@lemmy.world 5 hours ago
Didn’t AFD get 20% in Germany’s last election?
Do not make the mistake of thinking that trump can only happen in America.
czardestructo@lemmy.world 5 hours ago
33% have severely deficient IQ
CmdrShepard42@lemm.ee 2 hours ago
I wouldn’t celebrate this victory too hard as this looks a lot like the 2020 US election and we all know things turned out the following election. I don’t follow Canadian politics too closely but they seem to share a lot of the same issues with the US, so the Liberals better use the Democrats as an outline of what not to do if they want to retain any sort of power and influence in the future.
unconsciousvoidling@sh.itjust.works 2 hours ago
Don’t break bread with nazis and focus on the working class issues.
FlashMobOfOne@lemmy.world 2 hours ago
Well, yes and no.
It’s good to see people demonstrating against fascism in a very public way, but Carney’s an international banker, and they need someone who is actually going to work to fix housing and wealth inequality. Carney’s likely failure to do that will eventually lead to an embrace of fascism, just as it did here in the US.
pixxelkick@lemmy.world 13 hours ago
Not appropriate enough.
Unironically over 30% of people somehow still voted conservative.
I’m ashamed to admit a very large amount of them are from my area.
I don’t know what is wrong with some people. The education system has clearly desperately failed many of the people here though.
melsaskca@lemmy.ca 5 hours ago
I always get nervous when people call other people stupid because they don’t act like them.
pixxelkick@lemmy.world 3 hours ago
Sorry. Naive and easily fooled by propaganda and disinformation that feeds into their bigotry
My bad ❤️
Clinicallydepressedpoochie@lemmy.world 3 hours ago
It’s just propaganda, really.
Kecessa@sh.itjust.works 7 hours ago
Still a minority government that could topple in a few months… Or even weeks.
healthetank@lemmy.ca 7 hours ago
Our last government was a minority and made it the full 4 years
Kecessa@sh.itjust.works 7 hours ago
Which was unusual as they usually last 18 months.
That’s the reality anyway, a minority government can topple at any time.
Croquette@sh.itjust.works 7 hours ago
Liberals only need 4 seats for a majority. They can work with the NPD or Bloc to achieve what they want.
It just means they dont have free reign to do whatever the fuck they want.
beejboytyson@lemmy.world 5 hours ago
I was watching the results and the news anchor Made it clearly that it was the ndp that pushed for dental care in canada. They pulled the liberals left.
whaleross@lemmy.world 9 hours ago
I agree but i don’t agree that anything is a shower thought and even more rarely do political options fit in as one.
dditty@lemm.ee 3 hours ago
I agree. Right now this community seems to be mostly r/popularopinions moreso than true shower thoughts.
dragonfucker@lemmy.nz 8 hours ago
All opinions are political
Gold_E_Lox@lemmy.dbzer0.com 7 hours ago
not only all opinions, but literally everything. the people who disagree either dont understand what that means or cant be bothered to learn to admit it.
Tiger666@lemmy.ca 7 hours ago
Saying the moon is made of cheese is not political, It’s moronic.
whaleross@lemmy.world 7 hours ago
Nah, this opinion of yours for example is just a simplistic soundbite that you think might sound informed and intelligent but it is not.
Bongles@lemm.ee 2 hours ago
I think that reeses peanut butter cups aren’t very good. Make that political.
toy_boat_toy_boat@lemmy.world 13 hours ago
it also demonstrates what can happen when multi-million-dollar media organizations don’t polarize your electorate. politics isn’t a fucking team sport, america.
Kichae@lemmy.ca 12 hours ago
No, this is a failure on that front. The Conservatives should be a non-factor now, but they’re disturbingly close. This is a tight election that has kind of crushed the left-ish party.
The country is deeply polarized, and it’s entirely the fault of billionaires and their media companies
deeferg@lemmy.world 7 hours ago
Alright but let’s not forget that the Liberals were about to get removed from the face of the map when it was projected before Christmas.
The Conservatives were never going to be a non-factor, and only 4 months ago were looking to be sleepwalking into a majority. Luckily Trudeau stepped down and we got the result we saw tonight. Thankfully the CBC will live on.
metaldream@sopuli.xyz 3 hours ago
The conservatives are at 46%. It’s a pretty divided country and there’s plenty of team sport stuff going on there. It just isn’t as toxic as the US.
sigmaklimgrindset@sopuli.xyz 11 hours ago
We may not have Fox News, but we have lots of right news media (Post Media, The Globe and Mail, Stephen Crowder). The Conservatives have also been running ads for over a year attacking Trudeau, something that is blatantly against Canadian election laws, but clearly they found some sort of loophole, and these are more than likely being funded by conservative groups from down south or overseas.
For any Canadians that don’t know, this is what Harper (our former conservative PM) is up to now.
rheanne9295@lemmy.world 12 hours ago
As an American, thank you Canada for making the right choice!
Brujones@lemmy.world 13 hours ago
Hell yeah fuck yeah. Thank you, Canada!
200ok@lemmy.world 13 hours ago
This gives me so much hope 🍁❤️
KingThrillgore@lemmy.ml 4 hours ago
If Trump tries to invade Canada, just tell us where to line up. We will be ready to fight.
I hate its come to this.
Signed, an American.
HiddenLychee@lemmy.world 4 hours ago
Bitch we didn’t even fight for our own freedom
Doom@ttrpg.network 3 hours ago
Are you people actually stupid? Everyone thinking Americans just take this stuff are fucking dumb
In my life time protests have never stopped and sometimes they get stuff done. people have tried assassinating multiple presidents and members of Congress.
Just because YOU aren’t fighting doesn’t mean the rest of us aren’t.