▲ 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
[–] Smaile@lemmy.ca 2 points 3 days ago (1 child) It's why I know the movement will fail. permalink fedilink source hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] orioler25@lemmy.ca 7 points 3 days ago (1 child) I mean, it'd be awesome if political movements failed just because they're bad and the people who subscribe to them are miserable; or that they'd succeed if they were good and the people passionate and convicted. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] Smaile@lemmy.ca 2 points 3 days ago* (2 children) No like, their poleing suggest it's failling since 75% of Albertans already said they not leave Canada in quite a few poles. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 4 child comments replies: [–] kent_eh@lemmy.ca 3 points 3 days ago Even still, complacency in the assumption that it will simply fail is a big concern. Don't assume it will fail, make sure it does by voting against it in the referendum. permalink fedilink source parent [–] orioler25@lemmy.ca 3 points 3 days ago (1 child) That's fine, but the point of this kind of political movement is likely not to actually pass a referendum right now, but to disrupt whatever else is going on to hinder fossil fuel extraction. Even more, failing one time isn't the end of movement like this which relies on being an "underdog." It is obvious that it would he bad for Alberta to become a landlocked state between two imperial powers, so it's silly to presume that whomever is organizing this is just stupid rather than that they have different goals than what you anticipate. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] Smaile@lemmy.ca 1 point 2 days ago Oh permalink fedilink source parent
[–] orioler25@lemmy.ca 7 points 3 days ago (1 child) I mean, it'd be awesome if political movements failed just because they're bad and the people who subscribe to them are miserable; or that they'd succeed if they were good and the people passionate and convicted. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] Smaile@lemmy.ca 2 points 3 days ago* (2 children) No like, their poleing suggest it's failling since 75% of Albertans already said they not leave Canada in quite a few poles. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 4 child comments replies: [–] kent_eh@lemmy.ca 3 points 3 days ago Even still, complacency in the assumption that it will simply fail is a big concern. Don't assume it will fail, make sure it does by voting against it in the referendum. permalink fedilink source parent [–] orioler25@lemmy.ca 3 points 3 days ago (1 child) That's fine, but the point of this kind of political movement is likely not to actually pass a referendum right now, but to disrupt whatever else is going on to hinder fossil fuel extraction. Even more, failing one time isn't the end of movement like this which relies on being an "underdog." It is obvious that it would he bad for Alberta to become a landlocked state between two imperial powers, so it's silly to presume that whomever is organizing this is just stupid rather than that they have different goals than what you anticipate. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] Smaile@lemmy.ca 1 point 2 days ago Oh permalink fedilink source parent
[–] Smaile@lemmy.ca 2 points 3 days ago* (2 children) No like, their poleing suggest it's failling since 75% of Albertans already said they not leave Canada in quite a few poles. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 4 child comments replies: [–] kent_eh@lemmy.ca 3 points 3 days ago Even still, complacency in the assumption that it will simply fail is a big concern. Don't assume it will fail, make sure it does by voting against it in the referendum. permalink fedilink source parent [–] orioler25@lemmy.ca 3 points 3 days ago (1 child) That's fine, but the point of this kind of political movement is likely not to actually pass a referendum right now, but to disrupt whatever else is going on to hinder fossil fuel extraction. Even more, failing one time isn't the end of movement like this which relies on being an "underdog." It is obvious that it would he bad for Alberta to become a landlocked state between two imperial powers, so it's silly to presume that whomever is organizing this is just stupid rather than that they have different goals than what you anticipate. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] Smaile@lemmy.ca 1 point 2 days ago Oh permalink fedilink source parent
[–] kent_eh@lemmy.ca 3 points 3 days ago Even still, complacency in the assumption that it will simply fail is a big concern. Don't assume it will fail, make sure it does by voting against it in the referendum. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] orioler25@lemmy.ca 3 points 3 days ago (1 child) That's fine, but the point of this kind of political movement is likely not to actually pass a referendum right now, but to disrupt whatever else is going on to hinder fossil fuel extraction. Even more, failing one time isn't the end of movement like this which relies on being an "underdog." It is obvious that it would he bad for Alberta to become a landlocked state between two imperial powers, so it's silly to presume that whomever is organizing this is just stupid rather than that they have different goals than what you anticipate. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] Smaile@lemmy.ca 1 point 2 days ago Oh permalink fedilink source parent