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Originally Posted by Bootsy
I think you're the naïve one thinking Alberta as a whole suddenly changed to a socialist paradise overnight, it was a perfect storm of an arrogant PC party who was long past their due date blaming everyday Albertans for the provincial debt in the media , which pi$$ed everyone off (along with the awful Redford mess which had already left a bad taste in everyone's mouth) and then they call an election not long after.
You had the Wildrose in weak shape after Danielle Smith and friends crossed the floor and also had a charismatic Notley doing well in the debate and public appearances.
Had Danielle Smith not crossed the floor she would be Premier right now of that I have no doubt.
It took only 2 months after the NDP won the election for Albertans to poll in favor of Wildrose.
If you want to talk anecdotal evidence like your buddies, my group of peers can't stand the NDP be it friends or work colleagues so that must make it true and the ones that did vote for them are having huge remorse.
http://news.nationalpost.com/news/ca...es-in-new-poll
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Yeah.... not sure where I said the change is finished or claimed it had happened overnight, moving us into some socialist paradise. I'm not even saying we SHOULD be moving towards that. It's not all out corporate freedom or socialist paradise, there are things in between. I'm just claiming that this is the beginnings of a shift in attitude. Eventually (in the next 10-20 years) people from my demographic will make up the majority of policy makers and the voting base. Will some people's attitudes change, either to the left or right, as they get older? Of course. But when I see the people whi grew up thinking full-blown capitalism was the best and only way to operate, now making policy to that effect, it stands to reason that people who grow up believing in a move away from fossil fuels and movement towards social systems based on sharing gross excess will shift policy towards that effect.
My assertion is not that we will or should move into a socialist paradise (whatever that means). It's that as younger demographics move into positions of power, they will naturally push policy towards their ideals.
Can I ask what age you and your friends are?