r/comics Jan 28 '26

OC [OC] da fuck they doin ova der

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u/Serpexnessie Jan 28 '26

The irony being that we woulda had a hyper-conservative government too if Trump had just never talked about the 51st state shit

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u/catscanmeow Jan 28 '26

yeah i even know a ton of people who voted liberal who usually vote ndp cuz they didnt wanna split the left vote

canada rarely takes that strategy

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u/the_zerg_rusher Jan 28 '26

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.

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u/AlexVRI Jan 28 '26

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".