Why aren't the NDP doing better?
Because they're a bunch of deeply ideological, extremely left-wing group of people.
I remember, once upon a time, I used to suggest to (left-wing) people that they vote for the NDP. I no longer do.
The thinking was that the NDP aren't as bad as the Liberals, and that less Liberal voters would mean a split in the left-wing vote.
I'm no longer able to bring myself to tell people to vote for the NDP under Jack Layton.
After actually listening to what the man says, I've come to realize that he is such a dangerously ideological socialist - not the kind of socialist you would routinely find in western democracies. He is super duper hard-left. Even tax cuts for the poor leave a bad taste in his mouth. He has no vision for any future - except for a return to the 1960s/1970s era of big government expansion. He seemingly has no confidence in capitalism whatsoever - he seems to have a complete disdain for private property and free enterprise.
More NDP MPs (in the case of a Liberal minority) would mean more NDP influence, and if anyone has learnt anything in the past 2 years (as it relates to the Canadian Parliament), the Liberals, more than anything else, are dangerous not because of their ideology... they are dangerous because they are weak. If the NDP were to continue to hold the balance of power in Ottawa, Canada is doomed, at least in its hopes to be a competitive global influence or power.
Instead of telling (left-wing) people to vote for the NDP... wouldn't it be better to tell them to vote for someone truly harmless? Like the Greens?
I remember, once upon a time, I used to suggest to (left-wing) people that they vote for the NDP. I no longer do.
The thinking was that the NDP aren't as bad as the Liberals, and that less Liberal voters would mean a split in the left-wing vote.
I'm no longer able to bring myself to tell people to vote for the NDP under Jack Layton.
After actually listening to what the man says, I've come to realize that he is such a dangerously ideological socialist - not the kind of socialist you would routinely find in western democracies. He is super duper hard-left. Even tax cuts for the poor leave a bad taste in his mouth. He has no vision for any future - except for a return to the 1960s/1970s era of big government expansion. He seemingly has no confidence in capitalism whatsoever - he seems to have a complete disdain for private property and free enterprise.
More NDP MPs (in the case of a Liberal minority) would mean more NDP influence, and if anyone has learnt anything in the past 2 years (as it relates to the Canadian Parliament), the Liberals, more than anything else, are dangerous not because of their ideology... they are dangerous because they are weak. If the NDP were to continue to hold the balance of power in Ottawa, Canada is doomed, at least in its hopes to be a competitive global influence or power.
Instead of telling (left-wing) people to vote for the NDP... wouldn't it be better to tell them to vote for someone truly harmless? Like the Greens?
posted by Japnaam Singh at
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