Canada’s Conservatives Have Become the New MAGA Republicans
<p>The genesis of this article was a comment that was left for me on one of my social media posts. It was a throwaway post of mine on the Bluesky app, cross-posted to Instagram: an observational riff at the expense of the then-upcoming Conservative Party of Canada policy convention in Québec City on the weekend of 9–10 September, 2023. More on the comment later.</p>
<p>Conservatism is by its very nature — and name — a reactionary and typically regressive political and social ideology. It seeks to maintain the status quo wherever possible, at least insofar as the status quo lines up with the inherent traits and characteristics of the dominant class. It is inimical to democratic and individual freedoms, despite the desperate insistences of those who promote it.</p>
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