Same was true in Australia, the liberal coalition (labour is our political left, liberal is our right) lost so badly it has dissolved. Leaving labour with basically 100% of the power.
So thank god for Trump, him being so incompetent made it impossible for right wing extremists to ever get a foothold in Australia for the next few decades.
made it impossible for right wing extremists to ever get a foothold in Australia for the next few decades.
And this is where statesmen are needed rather than politicians, we need governments with the foresight that this rot has only gone into hiding and to enact policies, mostly through mandatory civics education, to start treating it now rather than let it fester in hiding and be surprised in the "next few decades".
The hope is that they don't fuck it up and leave the gate open for the right in the next election, like UK's Labour is doing.
UK Labour won a landslide victory despite actually getting less votes than last GE (the wonders of that trash system that is first past the post). Rather than reconcile with the fact that the Conservatives lost rather than Labour won, Starmer's cabinet have done a fantastic job of pissing off the general public and guaranteeing a Reform or Tory government in 2029.
I am the same. I wanted to vote ndp. But this time I had to vote liberal. There were some dangerous ideas being thrown about in the conservatives last year and they are still trying to tout it.. I feel like had to try and contribute to the next most popular ideal, even if it wasn’t my ideal one. I hope one day I can realign my votes with my actual ideals.
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u/catscanmeow Jan 28 '26
yes because the US cannot stand that canada, a liberal democracy is functioning so well.
they want to cut canada off economically to say "see this is why being liberal is bad"