Killed the carbon tax, cut income taxes, supports pipelines and carbon capture, wants internal free trade and boosting military spending.

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        Sorry, I should distinguish them. There are two types of conservatives:

        1. Fascists.
        2. Fascist collaborators.

        Historical note, both were hanged by the score after the war.

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          Yea call millions of people fascists, then act confused when no one listens to you.

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              History is a warning, not a license to label everyone you disagree with.

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                The Conservative’s slogan in 2025 was “Canada First. For a Change.” That’s standard fascistic nativism.

                Poilievre was largely regarded as Canada’s Trump.. He ran on the same brand of anger, grievance, right wing populism, immigrant bashing, and vile transphobia as Trump. The ONLY reason he is not Canada’s prime minister right now is that Trump won and Canadians got a preview of what putting the conservatives in power would look like. Oh, and Trump threatening to annex Canada certainly didn’t help him.

                But fascist movements are rising around the world. Populist right wing authoritarianism is not unique to the US. It’s a global trend. Trump is just the highest profile win of the new fascist movement.

                And yes, modern conservative parties have been completely taken over by fascists. They’re full of either enthusiast fascists or power-hungry craven fools who will look the other way and vote for fascist policies as long as it serves them politically. Aka, fascist collaborators.

                You recoil with horror when I call conservatives fascist, but they LITERALLY just ran an overtly fascist campaign. If a fascist getting elected in a neighboring country tanks your political campaign…what does that say about you?

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                  There’s a difference between rejecting Liberal policies and embracing authoritarianism. Most Canadians get that.

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                    You mean authoritarianism like vowing to knowingly pass unconstitutional laws and use the notwithstanding clause to keep them in force? Is that the “totally not embracing authoritarianism” you’re talking about?

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                    I recall a lot of Americans having this same type of rhetoric when people would call MAGA fascists during Trump’s first term. Look where they are now, they’re literally already opening concentration camps.

                    If you think the recent Conservative campaign didn’t use a bunch of fascist rhetoric and dogwhistles, you either weren’t paying attention or don’t recognize the early stages of fascist movements.