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Originally Posted by belsarius
As a socialist I take issue with the idea that this forum is left leaning without any opposition. I have found a lot of push back against the NDP, especially while they were in power. I have had many debates calling her out and going against her economics because they were more Keynesian than Neoliberal.
What I am seeing, is the moderate conservatives are no longer putting up with the dumpster fire that modern conservative politics has turned into, and would rather shift a little left than go all the way to the crazy right.
And that used to be Canadian Politics for generations. Liberals to the centre and the PCs to the centre right. Both different, but close enough that you could switch back and forth without too much change in your daily life. That isn't the way anymore, and most moderates hate it because they are having to choose a side.
This forum is an overall right-leaning place, but Smith is just so far right that anything normal now looks left wing to her acolytes.
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As a fellow socialist I genuinely lol any time someone calls this place left-leaning. Oh, why, because people are critical of someone who says some of the most genuinely dumb things a Canadian politician in her position has ever said? Yeah, trust me, I wish having even average human intelligence turned you into a left wing, socialist supporting activist but unfortunately that’s not how it goes.
These people don’t know what the centre is, let alone the left. They think saying things like “maybe our corporate taxes shouldn’t be far lower than anywhere in the country?” is akin to hanging a poster of Stalin on your wall and advocating for breadlines. Criticizing Smith for saying something any half-informed person can confirm as stupid? Wow comrade, sounds like you’re ready to seize the means of production!