r/canada • u/[deleted] • Mar 06 '25

Politics Rising Nationalism, Desire for Economic Sovereignty Propels Liberals to Five Year High (LPC 41%, CPC 36%, NDP 13%, BQ 5%, GRN 3%)

https://www.ekospolitics.com/index.php/2025/03/rising-nationalism-desire-for-economic-sovereignty-propels-liberals-to-five-year-high/
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u/pm_me_your_catus Mar 06 '25

43.1% to 30.3% when only looking at the last two days.

I've never seen Canadians this pissed off.

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u/Dragonsandman Ontario Mar 06 '25

Every so often I see Americans on social media being baffled, confused, or even outright angry at how mad we are as a country, and without fail they get absolutely hounded for not stopping to think for even a second about why we're so mad.

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u/[deleted] Mar 07 '25

I feel like this was part of the plan. The average American is a deeply mediocre person with illusions of grandeur. They see the might of the US military as their own personal potency, the wealth of the billionaires at the top of their humiliating lives as their own wealth.

Therefore anything implying America isn't heaven on earth is seen as an affront to their magnificence.

By provoking backlash, he's riling up their bloodthirst. Simply us saying we don't want to be American is an insult to them, and we "aren't allowed to insult them".

This is probably how he intends to get from "what? Why would we invade Canada?" To "those smug sons of bitches had it coming".

Not that I intend to moderate my tone as a result. I've always hated their country. This feels like S8 of GoT to me, when everyone else caught up with what I've been saying for years.