It'd amazing how these billionaires can push for this, when the example of Putin's Russia or Xi's China are right there, showing what happens when you have a government headed by an thin-skinned autocrat who might decide to take your money and your life, not necessarily in that order.
The right has done a great job at speaking to people's economic anxieties. And by "great" I mean horribly exploitative, disingenuous and not a little bit fascist. Similarly, the erstwhile-left (and, given the shellacking the left took in Europe, this is a global thing) have done a terrible job at it, largely substituting identity issues for class ones, and loving themselves some neoliberalism because, well, it paid really well.
The political left has had it's lunch eaten by right-wing populists who've been selling fascism as a cure for their supporters' economic anxiety. It's bullshit, of course, and the right-wing knows it's bullshit, but it works, and the left is letting it work because they rather liked the Blair/Clinton third-way era and the money and power they got as a result. They liked getting invited to the cool kids' parties. They don't want to go back to being called "socialists" and having to grub for donations from little people.
The left is waking up, waaaaaaay too late in the game, to the idea that they're about to become lines in Niemoller's poem.
To be fair, Rae took office during the worst recession since 1930. No one was coming out of that era in good shape, and Chretien benefitted from the complete destruction of the Tories under Mulroney.
Which is a pity, because Rae did a really good job, Had Harris beaten Peterson, Ontario would have had austerity instead of Keynesian economics, and would have been utterly crushed. Similarly, had Rae come in after the recession, we'd have had a (almost, barely) socialist government during a boom time, which is something we've rarely seen in North America.
Vote Blue and, when they win, primary the hell out of your local reps, replacing neoliberal candidates at every level. Get every progressive candidate you can, be it for president or dog-catcher.
Basically, do what the Tea Party and MAGA did to the Republicans. Change the party from within.
So because she is expected to support free speech there are opinions she’s not permitted to express? Incredible.
Yes. That's the point of conservatism. Free speech for the in-group, oppression for the out-group.
You have to remember Wilhoit's Law: Conservatism consists of exactly one proposition, to wit: There must be in-groups whom the law protects but does not bind, alongside out-groups whom the law binds but does not protect.
Yes, this is a good thing she did. She's not a good MP, she's made a lot of silly mistakes, and she's still a kinda-vapid vlogger-turned-politician who's known around town for grifting for handouts, but she did one good thing here.
And because the political right has been trained on fascist red-meat, she's getting vilified for it, and we'll probably get some Nazi hick from Peterborough County next time.
Boy, it's a real pity you didn't do this before 2023.
That said, if they manage to craft legislation, the Supremes will torpedo it in a hot minute, as soon as the cheque clears or the RV is delivered.