I’ve seen a lot of comments like this on here that typically parrot strategic voting talking points with little evidence. This is understandable, since most people only learn about FPTP because they are rightfully dissatisfied with it, but frustrating since this seems to always be conflated with “vote out of fear.”
There were many secure NDP ridings that had about a zero percent risk of being flipped Con that were flipped Liberal because of this mentality, and many that were flipped Con because Liberal voters split that vote. As we’ve seen, a majority Liberal government is hardly a lesser of two evils as it is portrayed here since they have implemented pretty much everything Cons wanted, with the only benefit really being their continued appropriation of social justice talking points to present some sort of moral superiority. They’re passing internet surveillance and censorship legislation, they’ve cut environmental protections and are eroding First Nations and indigenous sovereignty in service of fossil fuels and other extractive, destructive industries, they’re funneling public wealth into private capital without addressing the inadequacies of any of our social welfare systems or the cost of living. What exactly is lesser? It’s not like they’re doing anything for trans people besides ignoring that they’re still being targeted for genocide (or that Canadians were about to elect an openly genocidal candidate just before Trump won Libs the election).
Could you actually produce evidence that demonstrates that the outcome of this election proves that maintaining strong NDP ridings would have won Cons the election or that a minority Con (or Liberal) parliament would have been in any substantial way worse than a majority Liberal one?
I’ve seen a lot of comments like this on here that typically parrot strategic voting talking points with little evidence. This is understandable, since most people only learn about FPTP because they are rightfully dissatisfied with it, but frustrating since this seems to always be conflated with “vote out of fear.”
There were many secure NDP ridings that had about a zero percent risk of being flipped Con that were flipped Liberal because of this mentality, and many that were flipped Con because Liberal voters split that vote. As we’ve seen, a majority Liberal government is hardly a lesser of two evils as it is portrayed here since they have implemented pretty much everything Cons wanted, with the only benefit really being their continued appropriation of social justice talking points to present some sort of moral superiority. They’re passing internet surveillance and censorship legislation, they’ve cut environmental protections and are eroding First Nations and indigenous sovereignty in service of fossil fuels and other extractive, destructive industries, they’re funneling public wealth into private capital without addressing the inadequacies of any of our social welfare systems or the cost of living. What exactly is lesser? It’s not like they’re doing anything for trans people besides ignoring that they’re still being targeted for genocide (or that Canadians were about to elect an openly genocidal candidate just before Trump won Libs the election).
Could you actually produce evidence that demonstrates that the outcome of this election proves that maintaining strong NDP ridings would have won Cons the election or that a minority Con (or Liberal) parliament would have been in any substantial way worse than a majority Liberal one?