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The general right-wing friendliness of the movement. If not fully Russian-style kleptocratic petrostate then at least American style fascism. If the Alberta con
by SauciestGNU 1y ago
The general right-wing friendliness of the movement. If not fully Russian-style kleptocratic petrostate then at least American style fascism. If the Alberta conservatives were courting European relationships that would be one thing, but it sure seems like the Alberta and Canadian conservatives in general are fellow travelers with the russo-hungaro-american-etc authoritarian nationalists.
- dismalaf 1y agoLiterally one government ago we elected a leftist party. Separation goes back way further than Danielle Smith.
- SketchySeaBeast 1y agoOne government, but two elections and due to a split in the right. And "leftist" is... generous.
- dismalaf 1y agoThere is nothing left of the NDP except the literal communist parties that get like 0.001% of the vote... How is that not leftist?
- Sprocklem 1y agoThe Alberta NDP under Notley was a centrist party and its policies were far more aligned with the federal liberals than the federal NDP. Obviously, there has been a change in leadership, but I don't see any reason to believe that the Alberta NDP will be any less centrist under Nenshi.
- wussboy 1y agoHaving nothing on your left doesn’t make you leftist. If I drive in the right hand lane and there’s nothing on my left, I am not driving in the left hand lane.
- throw0101b 1y ago> Literally one government ago we elected a leftist party. Over the last (say) 50 years, how many left-leaning governments have there been in government? It's basically been right-ish since Lougheed in 1971: * https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_premiers_of_Alberta#List_of_premiers https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_premiers_of_Alberta#Li... Notley was in for less than four years: * https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_premiers_of_Alberta_by_time_in_office https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_premiers_of_Alberta_by...