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The rest of us should note it, too. Poilievre is not an outright extremist; his message is more atmospheric, more vibe than vitriol. But what he emits is still poison. What he telegraphs is the vision of a social order at a tipping point, with the suggestion that it can be easily pushed over. If his critics deride everything else he says, they should not ignore this aspect of it.

To miss the meta-narrative Poilievre has constructed, particularly when it’s unlikely that he’ll deviate from it as leader, is to miss its true long-term implications: that we would be likely at greater risk of social destabilization under his national leadership than we are now, even if it seems like those who’d cause disruption might be pleased by his victory. His message is a hastening of our collective systemic demise and he will be its accelerant, whether he realizes that or not. You think #### Trudeau bumper stickers and flags are bad? You think people yelling at politicians is bad? These will be the least of our problems.

https://theline.substack.com/p/colin...-leader-speaks