OrteilGenou

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[–] [email protected] 1 points 57 minutes ago* (last edited 52 minutes ago) (1 children)

Ok, you are telling me the most basic shit like it's news. I know what a minority government is, I just don't think the NDP has done anything worthy and the Green party is a wreck, so I think most seats will go either blue or red with the bloc being the only party that might have a chance in hell of pulling enough seats to play spoiler and become the swing votes in Parliament.

See Parliament after the 2006 election, except replace Jack Layton with Singh, i.e. maybe two seats of they're lucky

[–] [email protected] 1 points 3 hours ago (1 children)

Oh, I understand, I also understand that no NDP ridings are safe, no Green ridings are safe, and the BQ will almost certainly be the swing vote of either the Conservatives or Liberals gain a minority.

So there are three options:

Liberal majority Liberal minority where Quebec has oversize influence Conservative minority where Quebec has oversize influence

I would not be surprised in the least if the only seat to go Green is May's, and I wouldn't even bet on that. I would not take for granted that Singh holds his seat either, and I would predict maybe two or three will hold on.

This one will be polarizing, and I think this one will be a two-horse race with Quebec taking third and precious little left over for anyone else.

[–] [email protected] 8 points 3 hours ago (3 children)

I am not American, so I could not vote, but I predicted the 2024 result based solely on the shenanigans of the DNC.

Trump v Sanders in 2016 would have gone the other way. Trump v Biden would have been closer, at least.

In both cases the Democratic establishment crowbarred a wildly unpopular candidate into the race, and in both cases Trump benefited from that to gain power.

Sure, MAGA voters supported him, but when you look at how those elections shook out, many Democrat voters sat out and many swing voters went away from Hilary/Kamala.

So yes, the MAGA voters are responsible for Trump, but so is the desire of the Democrat establishment to prop up candidates that would fully embrace their agenda.

It sure sucks, I'll grant you that

[–] [email protected] 4 points 3 hours ago (1 children)

I'm pretty sure you can just yell it out, like bankruptcy

[–] [email protected] 28 points 4 hours ago

Stunning? It's been blatantly obvious since forever.

[–] [email protected] 14 points 1 day ago

Merci Dr. Ruel!

[–] [email protected] 5 points 4 days ago (6 children)

Right, I'll take your bets on NDP, BQ or Green winning the election.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 4 days ago

He's been number two for a while

[–] [email protected] 3 points 4 days ago (1 children)

Wait, it was used in reference to the killing if the intellectually disabled in Nazi Germany? I thought the use of that term started in the sixties

[–] [email protected] 28 points 1 week ago (1 children)

They would have the added benefit of not having another set of oligarchs behind them hoping that this current set of far shittier oligarchs gets removed.

Bernie doesn't need the billionaire class, he showed that by the grassroots donors that supported his 2016 campaign.

If they actually broke off and formed the Solidarity Party that sought to pick the best platforms from both the D and R parties and pursued policies of wealth redistribution and breaking down barriers to a true free market system, they would win.

[–] [email protected] 9 points 1 week ago (1 children)

His mom says he's cool

[–] [email protected] 7 points 1 week ago

Bold of you to assume he has that kind of wrist strength

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