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Originally Posted by Blaster86
O'Toole wasn't booted for losing. O'Toole was booted for seeing the writing on the wall about trying to move to the right to win.
Pollievre has been safe, despite not being able to win, because he keeps following the playbook given to him despite the fact it's a recipe for second place.
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Don't underestimate the power of right wing propaganda campaigns. PP doesn't need to capture a new base with changed rhetoric, he just needs to subtley shift the minds of the populace through brainwashing on Tiktok, Facebook, water cooler conversation, etc by tossing out divisive ideas that trigger peoples' fear and anger instincts while being fronts for corporate profit stacking.
You already saw him expand his base on a non-issue like the "carbon tax" that was actually successfully doing its job and even Carney himself said that removing it was only a reaction to popularity, not policy effectiveness.
We see his base slowly growing to resent indo-Canadians with misinformation tossed around like "The indian immigrants are defacating all over our beaches". But that sentiment is permeating the greater populace and racism is rising.
PP is standing pat because the CPC believe the real battle for Canada is not won with debates and policy and decorum, but by brainwashing the average person. It's increased their seat count already. They just have to continue to be the party of made up problems and veiled racism, and get a few more voters frustrated with their lack of Tinder matches to suddenly blame the LPC & NDP for everything. If they win even one election they can proceed to go full fascist and tear up our institutional integrity.
Add in the fact that four years from now you might not have a Trump in the USA to remind Canadians that fascism is alive, and the progressive vote turnout might be reduced due to apathy. Add in that the people old enough to remember fascism from the 1940s may not be alive at all in four years. While kids thinking tik tok memes about "Blue Haired SJW Libs" are funny will be old enough to vote in a country where the Danielle Smiths and Doug Fords are deconstructing the education required to critically view this sort of content.
the USA should be proof that it can happen, and yet not the only proof. The IDU are globally advancing their push to #### up the world.
We cannot stay arrogantly confident that it's a recipe for second place.