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It sure seems like the Russians are just attacking any liberal leader, mounting extensive influence operations to get the ordinary people of their countries to hate them and want to get rid of them (and often to replace them with monsters, if any particular monsters are available).
I have not the first idea at all about Carney, I just know Trudeau. He seemed fine. I also have no particular evidence about the Russians being the ones who are doing all this, but the pattern of liberal leaders having all these wild uprisings against them which gets rid of them in the end seems absolutely unmistakable. And little pieces of the uprisings definitely show a consistent pattern of Russian influence, always in precisely the same direction, when little indications show through the cracks.
And, it definitely seems like a significant problem.
This wasn't some wild uprising, though. Canadians vote politicians out, that's nothing new.
Trudeau and his Liberal party were seen as arrogant and out of touch. I don't know that Carney is any better in that regard given his ties to the big shitty businesses which are ruining our society, but he's certainly more financially literate than Trudeau was and people want that right now. He's certainly qualified for the job.
Russia can eat a dick, but Liberal governments are spending enough time eating their own faces. They need to earn back the trust of their populace if they want to beat back Russian influence because these conditions are what makes it so easy.
See this is exactly what I was talking about.
Who decided that the vibe was that Trudeau was "arrogant and out of touch"? Who decided that a totally different politician -- surely one who is equally arrogant and out of touch, on a personal level -- was "financially literate" and "certainly qualified for the job"?
Oh he's been losing popularity for a while now. There is a reason why he had a minority gov this time. I don't think a pm was ever able to stay 4 mandate in canada?