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What powers does Quebec want that it doesn't actually have?

• bregma 4y ago
  It's not about power. It's about purity. The hardcore members of the independence movement bandies about what translates as "the pure wool". Today, their arguments are referred to elsewhere as "the great replacement theory".
  • jpambrun 4y ago
    If those hardcore exist, they represent a very small minority.
    • bregma 4y ago
      A small minority that would have won independence if it weren't for the money and the ethnic vote [0]. Nevertheless they've been able to circle the wagons [1]. [0] https://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Jacques_Parizeau https://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Jacques_Parizeau [1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Act_respecting_the_laicity_of_the_State https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Act_respecting_the_laicity_of_...