The NDP has some great policies. And they’ve had great policies ever since the party was created. So why haven’t they won? Why now are they behind the CPC in the polls? I feel the following is the issue:
1.) Right wingers are more team oriented to their political party (IE, the CPC)
I think those who believe in a more individualistic society with less interventionist government are (ironically) more able to collectively get behind their team and donate and volunteer than are those on the left.
So even if the CPC does not exactly mirror an individual right-winger’s vision of what they want, they will put that aside and still get behind their team. Thus, donations and volunteering are higher. And this gives the right a huge advantage. It’s resulted in society incrementally moving right over the past forty years.
2.) Left wingers are less team oriented
By contrast, left wingers, who believe society should be a more community based collective endeavour rather than a non-interventionist individualistic endeavour, (ironically) sit back as individual arm-chair critics deriding their own team. They treat it as a product outside of themselves that needs a better shine to sell, rather than as a team-based movement toward a more just society. Thus, donations and support are low.
Until left wing people can get over that and instead support their team, there’s little hope of success. So, start by joining the NDP and supporting them. That’s the ticket forward.
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People are angry and conservatism caters toward spite, hatred, anger, and fear.
If the NDP can become more populist and more hateful with their rhetoric, you will see them gain popularity rather than CPC.
People want a strong figure that will punish the forces that people see as keeping them down. Only one side of the political aisle at the moment promises to punish them for it.
Supporters need to move away from viewing the NDP as a product that needs a better shine. It’s all of us. We’re a team. That’s the only way the NDP wins.
@MarkG_108 yup time to forget about team Jagmet the cult of the leader will not win the next election. It just looks like a cheap knock off of team Trudeau.
Yes. I support the NDP because I support the working class in this class war and the NDP is the closest thing to an ally in mainstream politics. But “Team Jagmeet” - and in fact all this talk of teams - is offputting. It’s not a team sport, nor is it about one guy, nor is it about slicker marketing. People need to see substance.
Right. It’s not about one person. It’s about all of us. And it only works if all of us pitch in.
the NDP isn’t putting any sort of socialist reform on the table. They aren’t talking about redistribution and optimising the economy for continuing prosperity with redistribution and environmental sustainability. They don’t organize well and treat volunteers poorly. They let Trudeau scoop their long held positions on social justice while Mulcair wanted to talk about balanced budgets. Singh has done little to reform the party. Otherwise…great job on squeezing a few concessions out of the LPC. Even if they stick, they’ll be under permanent attack until they’re in as bad shape as the rest of Canada’s antiquated social programs.
@johnefrancis well we could lead a grass roots revolt and take back the party by electing candidates that won’t be puppets.
Poorly funded social programs.
You seem to have missed my point. I recommend watching the following documentary (it’s a 4-part documentary, with each part being an hour long):
Its focus is primarily Britain and the US, but the underlying message holds true here as well. Ultimately, that message is that without the backing of the people, left wing movements will not succeed. And thinking of it as a “movement” rather than as a “product” is key. You’re treating the NDP as a product to be sold (IE, what’s being put “on the table” is not enough for you to buy). That’s the wrong approach, in my opinion. That viewpoint (of politics being a product to appeal to the public) has led to society slowly but surely moving ever more right.
Leftism’s core is rationalism
Us vs them/team mentality is irrational and will never be a unitary factor
The issue of this election is immigration, while the NDP looks to limit it the CPC wants to fully open it up and bring in a lot more people
By polling you can see which stance is most popular
The NDP doesn’t need better shine, it needs new leadership, yesterday. We need proper left populism, not this lib-but-nicer, tinker-around-the-edges-but-more affair.
It’s not about the leader. The policies come from the membership, presented by delegates at convention. The NDP is all of us. That’s the only way the NDP succeeds.
Another reason is because people are dumb and unwilling to educate themselves.
To be fair most of rural canada is under constant bombardment of conservative group think from corpo news radio.
