CanadaPolitics

1937 readers

29 users here now

Placeholder for any r/CanadaPolitics refugees

Rules

Keep the original title when submitting an article. You can put your own commentary in the body of the post or in the comment section.

Reminder that the rules for lemmy.ca also apply here. See the sidebar on the homepage: lemmy.ca

founded 2 years ago

MODERATORS

[email protected]

I never "radicalized" (social.bau-ha.us)

submitted 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

6 comments fedilink hide all child comments

https://social.bau-ha.us/@raganwald/113566320566703375

I never "radicalized." I'm simply a Canadian whose idea of the social contract remained unchanged while America dragged the Overton Window to the right.

When the Overton Window moves, it doesn't stretch. Thus, while previously unthinkable ideas become acceptable to explore, others shift to become "radical."

If you feel the same way, don't ever forget that we aren't radical, it's literally the collapse of American democracy and the looting of its economy that's radical.

top 6 comments

sorted by: hot top controversial new old

[–] Gradually_Adjusting 10 points 1 month ago (1 children)

American oligarchs did that. Regular folks deserve some shame for not organizing and resisting harder, but I hope people abroad understand that.

To equivocate, I'm a guy who left America years ago because it's so bad there, and I don't see it getting better any time soon. I still vote, and I still don't think most Americans are bad. I just have a lower threshold than most for "fuck this I'm out".

[–] gaael 4 points 1 month ago

Don't worry, we know. It's note like our oligarchs overseas are any different in essence, and our own Overton's window has also been pushed towards the far-right by their medias.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

I never "radicalized."

So Ragan Wald is wearing a Black Panthers T-shirt ironically?

In Canada the Overton window has been lurching rightward for a generation. The three key moments in Canada’s neoliberal transformation

I doubt this tech bro has developed class consciousness; most don’t.

[–] Iheartcheese 1 points 1 month ago

It's never too late. Go start a fire

[–] [email protected] -1 points 1 month ago (1 children)

"I'm not radical, I'm a centrist" . . . okay?

[–] Windex007 3 points 1 month ago

What?