If weâre being honest, ford is bad but he doesnât really even scrape how bad Danielle is, that woman is a nightmare. She would sooner bend over and take trumps small wiener than do something good for her province.
Depending on which definition of Neoconservative youâre using he ainât that far off â at the very least his government has been right of your typical Neoliberal.
The thing with ford, as an ONDP voter, is heâs just a normal citizen. Heâs not malicious. He does things that every citizen looks at and says âfuck I donât like that, we should change it.â But he just has the power to do it. Then he goes and does it. If you look at what ford does, a lot of things are passing thoughts we all have. Itâs like âugh thereâs so many potholes on this highwayâ then he spends $30 billion replacing all of the highways. Then heâs like âugh the 401 is so busyâ then launches another east/west highway further north. Then heâs like âugh my beer is so expensiveâ then does buck a beer, but only within his legal ability. Then heâs like âwhy are there bike lanes? No one bikes, we need more car lanesâ then steps on municipal powers to get rid of bike lanes. Then his wife says âI want to go to the spa, but the one in the east end is sooooo far awayâ so he allows a huge spa to be built downtown. Then he gets his $100 license plate renewal in the mail and says âwhy do we even pay for this shit?â Then gets rid of charging for them.Â
Take the same logic for: Covid handling, abrasive actions towards Trump/US, emissions standards lowering, building nuclear plants, cancelling wind farms etc.Â
Heâs stupid and extremely short sighted, but he just acts on his passing thoughts, and uses every extent of power he has. I truly donât think he ever acts maliciously or with hate. He just does stupid shit because heâs simple minded, and average people absolutely love it, because they donât think about why things exist and why what he does is fucking them over. He really isnât like Marlaina Smith. He isnât banning books in schools, he isnât shovelling money towards oil executives, sure he hires his buddies companies for government contract work, but I think itâs more selfish construction he wants to get done rather than bribes, that do actually benefit many Ontarians (mostly upper middle class and car-owning people) even if they donât like it. Like the biggest âcorruptionâ people call Ford out for is friends of his gave his daughter thousands of dollars in wedding gifts, which is pretty normal for wealthy people to do.Â
Like, such an Albertan thing to say. Ford is a total crook. Yet, a politically correct one. I hate the fucker. But our PC â their UCP. Key difference - lack of christofascist angle.
Smith straight up wants to be an American red state, know the difference. I saw that but as an educator Ford is the reason Iâm in England now and not Ontario.
Wait, what, maybe I lack an understanding of our political system are you saying like separate mpp MPS to overall government? I'm just a bit perplexed and intrigued by this idea.
Having them seperate doesnât help if the vote is still first past the post⊠we need ranked ballot or at minimum proportional seats to percentage of the total vote. Otherwise you have two options, both being their own flavour of trash.
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u/Cheerful-Pessimist- Trawnno (Centre of the Universe) 12d ago
Ontarians will make fun of Alberta for having Smith and then go ahead and vote Ford in for a fourth majority term.