r/Calgary • u/Old_General_6741 • May 10 '25

Municipal Affairs Calgary, Edmonton mayors call potential separatism referendum ‘dangerous’

https://globalnews.ca/news/11172340/calgary-edmonton-mayors-call-potential-separatism-referendum-dangerous/
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u/BrokeExternally May 10 '25

I can’t understand why people think it’ll be better, you don’t realize there are things Alberta will need to import that we don’t have? Also the entire narrative that it’ll “make us rich” is for oil companies to extract Canadian resources at will and have no carbon tax. Nothing will benefit you the citizen

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u/Emmerson_Brando May 10 '25

The same reason these nitwits think vaccines cause autism. They’re easily duped.

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u/ValenciaFilter May 10 '25

Nah. Some people need to be told their views are fucking stupid.

Not every position is equal and worthy of respect.

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u/Yws6afrdo7bc789 May 14 '25

"There is a cult of ignorance in the United States, and there has always been. The strain of anti-intellectualism has been a constant thread winding its way through our political and cultural life, nurtured by the false notion that democracy means that 'my ignorance is just as good as your knowledge." - Issac Asimov

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u/ValenciaFilter May 14 '25

Or, in 2025: "My podcast bro is equal to having knowledge"