• girlfreddy@sh.itjust.works
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    1 year ago

    I grew up in Saskatchewan in the 60’s-70’s where the NDP was born. My grandfather ran for the CCF and I’ve watched the NDP move to a centre-left mandate that reminds me how much we’ve lost.

    But do go on telling me how I don’t know anything.

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      1 year ago

      What have we lost? The NDP has never governed. We’ve lost nothing.

      • girlfreddy@sh.itjust.works
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        1 year ago

        We lost a mid-to-far left option … you know, the party, led by a Baptist minister, that created universal healthcare.

        • cygnus
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          1 year ago

          Are you the one downvoting me just because we disagree? Real mature.

          An unelectable “option” is pointless. I would much rather see someone like Layton nudge the party slightly to the center in order to actually win an election and show people what an NDP government could do. That would do far more to benefit the left than always being a fringe party and rejecting the views of 90% of the electorate.

          • Rodeo
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            1 year ago

            Are you the one downvoting me just because we disagree? Real mature.

            Whining about it is an order of magnitude more pathetic though