Beschwerde oder Regierungsführung: Konfrontation mit der Politik, die unsere Demokratie bedroht
https://open.substack.com/pub/vincehill/p/grievance-or-governance-confronting?r=167ttm&utm_medium=ios
Beschwerde oder Regierungsführung: Konfrontation mit der Politik, die unsere Demokratie bedroht
https://open.substack.com/pub/vincehill/p/grievance-or-governance-confronting?r=167ttm&utm_medium=ios
3 Kommentare
This excerpt says it all:
„Poilievre’s grievance-driven style appeals to alt-right elements who reject rules and elevate chaos“
This is EXACTLY the style of politics that is currently destroying democracy in the United States, and it is EXACTLY the style of politics that Canadians rejected at the last federal elections, as demonstrated by Poilievre not even winning his own seat in Ontario.
As long as the Conservative Party of Canada will allow this type of political discourse and will keep Poilievre in their ranks, they will fail to be elected. Canadians have now seen first-hand with the US what this kind of „angry bird“ politics does, and they aren’t interested in it. Sure, some of them do but many people who voted Conservatives are thinking like British people who voted for Brexit thinking that „it cannot be worse“.
Yes, it can always be worse! Look at the US!
>What I see happening is a shift away from governance towards a politics based mainly on amplifying complaints and stirring up discontent. This grievance approach resonates profoundly with the alt-right and fascist elements in our society. These groups thrive on the rhetoric of victimhood and complaint because it validates their worldview. They feel wronged, marginalized, or oppressed by elites and institutions they distrust, and grievance politics fuels that sense of injustice. It creates a political base that is not motivated by solving problems or building community but by opposing and tearing down what’s already there.
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>*…Moving forward, reaffirming faith in our institutions and prioritizing governance over grievance is essential if we want to protect our democracy and preserve social cohesion.*
*Sigh*. Liberals blatantly rejecting the notion that people have legitimate grievances is what got us to this point in the first place. People don’t *want* to reaffirm faith in institutions and forms of governance that have, objectively, failed them. It is the refusal to acknowledge this basic concept and respond to people’s actual needs that feeds the rise of fascism.
If you want to protect democracy, try *being in favour of democracy in the first place*. Maintaining a system that privileges a tiny wealthy class at the expense of literally everyone else is both fundamentally undemocratic and a demonstrable failure.
Grievance politics is the oppositions „meat and potatoes“. If the Liberals were ever to be left on the losing side of the ballot, the same would occur.
While I will agree that Pierre Poilievre’s style is both boorish and mind numbingly predictable, it’s not a new game.
But I have good news for everyone living in Canada.
Despite the gnashing of teeth or rendering of hair on both extremes of the political spectrum, Canada is in the politically sane hands of the mushy middle.