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Bernardo de La Paz

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3. I think that populists like Maxime Bernier try to look like libertarians when it suits them

Reply to applegrove (Reply #2)

Wed Nov 24, 2021, 09:24 PM

Nov 2021

His party is more populist than libertarian, meaning it is also more opportunistic than most. Bernier would like to be another tRump and tRump doesn't pretend to be libertarian or even faux-libertarian, although both preen and posture as 'preservers of liberty'.

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How is the antivax-antimask populism working out for O'Toole: [View all] applegrove Nov 2021 OP

Can you break it down cilla4progress Nov 2021 #1

He lost the election because the right wing in Alberta was so deSantis applegrove Nov 2021 #2

I think that populists like Maxime Bernier try to look like libertarians when it suits them Bernardo de La Paz Nov 2021 #3

Right you are. I think the libertarians are the rich people in the world funding the populist applegrove Nov 2021 #6

Only faux libertarianism. No acceptance of liability or reality (science). Mostly White Privilege.nt Bernardo de La Paz Nov 2021 #9

Does libertarianism accept liability or reality? applegrove Nov 2021 #11

True libertarianism is rooted in liability and reality. They are few and far between. Bernardo de La Paz Nov 2021 #12

I don't think free market capitalism is about liability. It is about massive applegrove Nov 2021 #13

That's the problem with unfettered capitalism that ignores liabilities, such as pollution. Bernardo de La Paz Nov 2021 #15

Like cilla4progress Nov 2021 #4

No symbolism. Observe and you'll see flags drape that way when boiled down to simplest shape Bernardo de La Paz Nov 2021 #7

So, cilla4progress Nov 2021 #8

Blue Tories CONservative socially & fiscally. Red Tories are socially liberal, fiscally CONservative Bernardo de La Paz Nov 2021 #10

Actually the CONservative party in Canada would love to outlaw abortions, they started that Bev54 Nov 2021 #14

applegrove is right. O'Toole ran as a "pure blue Tory" for leadership but as purple Tory in election Bernardo de La Paz Nov 2021 #5