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Originally Posted by Resolute 14
The Trump example is potentially relevant in one aspect though. If the elitists want to keep demonizing the population the way they are, they do stand the risk of setting up a self-fulfilling prophecy. There is already a good deal of resentment in the air.
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The reason Canada hasn't seen the populist revolts that shook the UK and USA is because the incomes of less educated rural Canadians have remained relatively high owing to, you guessed it, the evil energy industry. All those those men in New Brunswick and rural Manitoba with only high school education who flocked to the West to work in the energy industry have had a lot less in the last decade to be unhappy about than their counterparts in the UK and the USA.
But now that oil prices have dropped, and parts of Canada want to make damn sure the energy industry stays down, we'll start to see the same social discontent here in Canada. And sadly, I have no doubt we'll see the same response from our establishment commentariat - vilification and contempt for the everyone who disagrees with their agenda.