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Originally Posted by afc wimbledon
They also made the classic mistake of misreading Trudeau unpopularity as Conservative popularity, which parties full of extremists always do regardless of left or right leanings, they always think there is a vast 'silent majority' of racist anti abortionists or militant socialists
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This is it in the head for sure. I definitely could have been convinced to vote Conservatives, and I fully acknowledge the fact that we are not ready for the US threat already because of inaction towards growth largely under the Liberal government. I also don't really think that "governor of Bank of Canada through the financial crisis, and governor of Bank of England through Brexit" are really the feathers in the cap that they seem. Like, those are famously bad things. It's like "he was good at steering that rudderless ship for those moments that it was crashing".
But they mistook American ignorance and equated it to Canadians forgetting the populace is on masse more educated and liberal in general. They have an unlikable leader whining like a prep-school kid. In a previous world, Carney would have been a prime Conservative candidate, one I would have happily voted for even a "liberal" person. They thought they had a lay-up because people hated Trudeau, but that's not enough for Canadians. You have to have some substance behind you too.
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Originally Posted by rubecube
As a socialist, I'd be very excited to hear which socialist views are part of Carney's agenda.
Do you mind elaborating?
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Actually he said EXTREME socialist. So yes, I'm also curious.