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Originally Posted by MolsonExport
Indeed, that is the game that conservatives often play. Which is why they will never get my vote.
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As if the Liberals have the moral high ground. The Federal Tax Reform debacle provides more than enough evidence for this. And we don't even need to get started on how our lovely premier thinks she can bribe us with our own money. Politicians of all stripes appeal to and prey on low-information voters.
Frankly, most of the population is incapable of holding any meaningful political opinions, let alone making well-informed civic decisions. This is not necessarily because the majority of people are stupid (although some certainly are), but because they have neither the time nor the interest to devote themselves to research and healthy democratic debate. Having worked in an office environment for four years now, I've met a great deal many people who are intelligent and capable, but due to their demanding jobs, they only ever spend a few minutes at the end of every day reading or watching media that reinforces their world view. Once they're done reflecting on what was said inside their respective echo-chambers, they give themselves a pat on the back and then go to bed thinking they're well-informed adults. This is equally true of the diehard Liberals as it is of diehard Conservatives. A pox on both their houses. And a pox on the universities who churn these people out and, with a straight face, tell them that they're the "leaders of the future".
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Originally Posted by kaiserLDN
As much as I would LOveee to debate with the anti-conservatives I see on this page all day. The fact is that the Kitchener/Waterloo LRT opens next year.. which Harpers Conservative government helped fund....and we are here still arguing without a shovel in the ground. This is LONDON!! Things happen very slowly here regardless of the political colors.
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Exactly. This is a London problem. Because London is a lovely city that, unfortunately, is perennially run by small-minded, unimaginative people who seem to think they are in control of Woodstock (but are responsible for something about ten times larger), with an electorate that fails to demand better of its officials, probably for the reasons that I mentioned above. I'd be rich if I had a dollar each time I've heard (very opinionated) older Londoners say "rapid transit is just NOT the solution, we need more traffic lanes" (and, conversely, younger Londoners who say "who cares, I'm planning to move to Toronto soon anyways").