Current Events > I might switch from the Liberal party to the NDP

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Yeah... I like Trudeau but want to see socialism implemented more broadly in the country

For reference, both are left wing parties. NDP rarely wins elections but sometimes they do okay.

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You down with OPP?

burns112233 posted...

You down with OPP?

Havent dealt with them much since I'm never on the highway

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We need more parties in the US. I am registered Republican and still consider myself Republican on a lot of isues but they are leaving me behind. If there was a "we like small government but want gays to marry" party I would be all in. (Obviously they would have to have more views I agree with than just gays getting married, I was using it as an example)

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burns112233 posted...

You down with OPP?

Got dangit I came to make an opp joke

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the Liberals are most definitely not left-wing. youre joking.

the way the NDP has been going for the last decade or more it will be a strain to consider even them a left party

but yeah.. by all means, hurry up and switch. at least there are a few halfway decent representatives in the NDP.

Omnislasher posted...

the Liberals are most definitely not left-wing. youre joking.

the way the NDP has been going for the last decade or more it will be a strain to consider even them a left party

How are they not left? How is the NDP not left?

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MedeaLysistrata posted...

Yeah... I like Trudeau but want to see socialism implemented more broadly in the country

For reference, both are left wing parties. NDP rarely wins elections but sometimes they do okay.

Bruh. Been there for a while. Trudeau fucked me on my two major issues:

Vets and Election Reform.

As a super plus, Jagmeet currently has the best name in politics.

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i didnt say they arent. im saying they have been trending in the wrong direction for quite a while.

I keep seeing dumb Liberal ads on my social media. All fear-mongering, and antagoizing NDP without offering any Liberal solutions. All the Liberal ads are "We hate homeless people! We're gonna get rid of them unlike the NDP." Okay but how come you haven't done that yet then? "NDP candidate made a tweet about colonialism. THEY'rE AsHAMeED of Canada! Unlike us."Okay but how do you recognize our past without feeling ashamed??? Explain without mental gymnastics, Liberals, explain.

Liberals lost my vote. NDP got it not.

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This was spurred by the discovery that NDP has a socialist caucus

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Omnislasher posted...

the Liberals are most definitely not left-wing. youre joking.

the way the NDP has been going for the last decade or more it will be a strain to consider even them a left party

Could you explain your logic?
@Omnislasher
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it's a pretty widely understood fact of the party's recent history. i've been to social gatherings with party insiders and listened to them complain about it myself.

https://canadiandimension.com/articles/view/jack-layton-is-the-ndps-third-rail

in short they are becoming more and more guilty of what mech dragon just described of the Liberals, and what is obviously true of the Democratic Party in the states. a lot of the nice rhetoric and feel-your-pain stuff about standing up for the downtrodden, but when it comes to actual policy, more and more triangulation, compromise and corporate acquiescence. they may be the best we have for now, but that doesn't mean that's good enough.

further, last i checked the party brass has moved to a firmly pro-israel stance with internal critics being harshly rebuked. that's not a socialist foreign policy and enough on its own to justify non-support in federal elections tbh.