▲ 48 ▼ I Attended The Alberta Separatist Rally. What I Saw Wasn’t a Movement of Freedom — It Was a Cult Movement of Anger, Grievance and Desperation (prairiesexposed.substack.com) submitted 3 days ago by Rat_in_a_hat@lemmy.ca [M] to c/onguardforthee@lemmy.ca 23 comments fedilink hide all child comments
[–] danielquinn@lemmy.ca 22 points 3 days ago (2 children) Well duh. That's what fuels all of these right-wing movements. permalink fedilink source hideshow 4 child comments replies: [–] SaveTheTuaHawk@lemmy.ca 5 points 2 days ago But Canada supports this. ALL the "Think Tanks" are in Alberta and funded by the US Foundations like Atlas and Koch. We grant these organization tax free status, but do not require them to declare how they are funded. The Canadian Foundation of Taxpayers, ironically, does not pay taxes. In Canada, an MP is not required to even declare if they are a US citizen, like Andrew Scheer, Party leader in 2025 and fake insurance broker, who said he would drop his US citizenship when he ran for PM and lost. permalink fedilink source parent [–] Rat_in_a_hat@lemmy.ca [S] 8 points 3 days ago (2 children) Totally agree! But the scary part that the article highlights is that they are willing to crawl over broken glass to vote, because so far, there has been no way to counter this type of populism. They're angry about things that we obviously can't/don't want to change (trans rights, non-whites, etc.) and their troubles are blamed on other people. I think the article does a great job, not in fear mongering, but in really highlighting and giving food-for-thought that disenfranchised people still have the power to vote, so Canadians shouldn't be complacent or apathetic. And the other point is that angry people are looking for an outlet to their anger, grifters are taking advantage of it, and how can we avert such a big part of the population getting roped into it. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 4 child comments replies: [–] danielquinn@lemmy.ca 11 points 3 days ago That's the thing: they're not angry about trans rights & immigrants. They're angry about the same things that the left is angry about: the cost of living and wealth inequality. The difference is that they're being told that trans people and immigrants are to blame. permalink fedilink source parent [–] Auli@lemmy.ca 1 point 3 days ago And they're going to win. Might not be this time but they keep going and going that they eventually get what they want. The left doesn't mobilize like them and doesn't take them serious enough and that is a problem. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] SaveTheTuaHawk@lemmy.ca 5 points 2 days ago But Canada supports this. ALL the "Think Tanks" are in Alberta and funded by the US Foundations like Atlas and Koch. We grant these organization tax free status, but do not require them to declare how they are funded. The Canadian Foundation of Taxpayers, ironically, does not pay taxes. In Canada, an MP is not required to even declare if they are a US citizen, like Andrew Scheer, Party leader in 2025 and fake insurance broker, who said he would drop his US citizenship when he ran for PM and lost. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] Rat_in_a_hat@lemmy.ca [S] 8 points 3 days ago (2 children) Totally agree! But the scary part that the article highlights is that they are willing to crawl over broken glass to vote, because so far, there has been no way to counter this type of populism. They're angry about things that we obviously can't/don't want to change (trans rights, non-whites, etc.) and their troubles are blamed on other people. I think the article does a great job, not in fear mongering, but in really highlighting and giving food-for-thought that disenfranchised people still have the power to vote, so Canadians shouldn't be complacent or apathetic. And the other point is that angry people are looking for an outlet to their anger, grifters are taking advantage of it, and how can we avert such a big part of the population getting roped into it. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 4 child comments replies: [–] danielquinn@lemmy.ca 11 points 3 days ago That's the thing: they're not angry about trans rights & immigrants. They're angry about the same things that the left is angry about: the cost of living and wealth inequality. The difference is that they're being told that trans people and immigrants are to blame. permalink fedilink source parent [–] Auli@lemmy.ca 1 point 3 days ago And they're going to win. Might not be this time but they keep going and going that they eventually get what they want. The left doesn't mobilize like them and doesn't take them serious enough and that is a problem. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] danielquinn@lemmy.ca 11 points 3 days ago That's the thing: they're not angry about trans rights & immigrants. They're angry about the same things that the left is angry about: the cost of living and wealth inequality. The difference is that they're being told that trans people and immigrants are to blame. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] Auli@lemmy.ca 1 point 3 days ago And they're going to win. Might not be this time but they keep going and going that they eventually get what they want. The left doesn't mobilize like them and doesn't take them serious enough and that is a problem. permalink fedilink source parent