I'm not as disappointed as you because I had little hope to begin with. I remember Trump's first term, and his second term is pretty much the same, just more frenetic, with a side of saber rattling that makes me more than a little nervous. I don't think Trump really lost Canada for the conservatives. Canada has a tendency to elect liberals and their parliamentary system makes choosing prime ministers not as clear cut as choosing presidents. I personally think whatever the polls might have said, getting a conservative prime minister was a bit of a long shot, especially given the changing demographics, and Trump's comments gave people an excuse. They made for good ads on TV and make for good stories for the media here. And it may simply be that people saw the madness that electing a "conservative" here brought and decided it wasn't worth the risk. At least this is the misery they know.
I think more what we're seeing here is our fakey two-party system eating itself alive. And my bigger worry than a big swing back to the Democrats is the swing of people who totally check out.
Totally unrelated, but did you get this post by email? I just noticed that I didn't, and I noted that Substack was having horrible connectivity issues right before I sent it.
No, but that says nothing because I set up my preferences for delivery to the app because I was getting too much email, so I’m not the right person to ask. I’m sorry.
The last paragraph is the most salient and the biggest argument I made during the primaries against Trump. In an era where the establishment is hated and distrusted even by normies, the establishment was in real danger of going the way of the whigs. And if there’s a big backlash against Trump, that not only buys them more time than they would have otherwise had, but it risks giving them Obama or even Roosevelt size majorities — because the next crisis could very well be as big as the crises that swept Obama and Roosevelt into office, and that crisis could very well be Trump’s fault. So many unforced errors that I and certainly Pedro saw coming.
Yeah, but at least he ended the Ukraine/Russia war and the Israeli assault on Gaza along with releasing the unredacted Epstein and JFK files in the first 24 hours after taking the oath just like he promised…oh wait…
I'm not as disappointed as you because I had little hope to begin with. I remember Trump's first term, and his second term is pretty much the same, just more frenetic, with a side of saber rattling that makes me more than a little nervous. I don't think Trump really lost Canada for the conservatives. Canada has a tendency to elect liberals and their parliamentary system makes choosing prime ministers not as clear cut as choosing presidents. I personally think whatever the polls might have said, getting a conservative prime minister was a bit of a long shot, especially given the changing demographics, and Trump's comments gave people an excuse. They made for good ads on TV and make for good stories for the media here. And it may simply be that people saw the madness that electing a "conservative" here brought and decided it wasn't worth the risk. At least this is the misery they know.
I think more what we're seeing here is our fakey two-party system eating itself alive. And my bigger worry than a big swing back to the Democrats is the swing of people who totally check out.
Totally unrelated, but did you get this post by email? I just noticed that I didn't, and I noted that Substack was having horrible connectivity issues right before I sent it.
No, but that says nothing because I set up my preferences for delivery to the app because I was getting too much email, so I’m not the right person to ask. I’m sorry.
You tech savvy reader you
The last paragraph is the most salient and the biggest argument I made during the primaries against Trump. In an era where the establishment is hated and distrusted even by normies, the establishment was in real danger of going the way of the whigs. And if there’s a big backlash against Trump, that not only buys them more time than they would have otherwise had, but it risks giving them Obama or even Roosevelt size majorities — because the next crisis could very well be as big as the crises that swept Obama and Roosevelt into office, and that crisis could very well be Trump’s fault. So many unforced errors that I and certainly Pedro saw coming.
Yeah, but at least he ended the Ukraine/Russia war and the Israeli assault on Gaza along with releasing the unredacted Epstein and JFK files in the first 24 hours after taking the oath just like he promised…oh wait…