The current political climate in our provinces and in the country is probably the most off-putting it's ever been in my entire life. The way the parties are conducting themselves - a degeneration into American-style fear tactics - and dichotimizing people along politico-economic lines, it's just a sour situation these days. And it doesn't look to be easing up any time soon.
A young me once thought of a career in politics, and even got a political science education. Really glad it didn't turn out that way; it seems like it is now an exercise in martyrdom. I can only hope for the best for any politician wearing any stripe, and they are able to do the the most ethical and honest duty they can to represent their people - not just the ones who voted them in, but the ones they represent in their ridings. That seems like a tall order these days. It seems trying to understand and reason is a thing of the past; simply play on people's deepest emotions and create siloes of hate and anger. Yuck.
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