Stephen Harper warnt davor, dass der Separatismus in Alberta „keinen Nutzen“ bringen wird
https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/calgary/stephen-harper-alberta-separatism-9.7367419
Stephen Harper warnt davor, dass der Separatismus in Alberta „keinen Nutzen“ bringen wird
https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/calgary/stephen-harper-alberta-separatism-9.7367419
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It’s impossible for Conservatives to criticize separarists without undermining their own message:
>“It is on this objective that I believe the passion and legitimate frustration of Albertans should also remain focused.“
Can’t help but legitimize their unfounded grievances and victim complex
This feels somewhat like Sam Altman recently making headlines by warning people that AI could become a problem; every reasonable person already knows it, and Harper spent most of his political career fanning the flames of western alienation sentiments, so statements like this feel more than a bit hollow coming from him.
I will say though that this clear shot at Danielle Smith gave me a good chuckle:
>“Besides, there is nothing resembling the credible leadership necessary to establish a new country.“
You know when Harper left office in 2015, there may have been a big fat zero support for separation in Alberta, but a few things happened:
* A federal liberal government came into power and was demonized by the Conservatives, with a special emphasis on their leader who carried the same name as their ancient foe.
* A provincial NDP government came into power and was demonized by the Albertan Conservatives, with a special emphasis on their leader who carried same name as their ancient foe.
* The oil price collapsed after decades of Conservative rule in Alberta squandered their wealth
And then when [Stephen Harper agrees with me](https://calgaryherald.com/opinion/stephen-harper-separatism-poses-significant-risk-for-alberta) that this entire campaign is a colossal waste of time, that „it is a “referendum to have a referendum”“ and that „most voting for it will do so just to “send a message,” in other words, to keep the threat alive in the hope of retaining the benevolent attention that the province has recently been receiving from Ottawa,“ I really start to wonder if demonization of the Liberals and NDP might have had some other purpose than the name of their leaders.