1. A few thoughts on the resilience of small-l liberalism in Canada (and Germany) in political economy terms.
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can't neglect Canadian immigration policy. Isn't that the biggest issue that motivated Trump's initial rise?
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right wing backlash in highly social democratic Nordics seems to disprove this
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Canada has also maintained a lower Gini coefficient than the US - less of a platform for class resentment boiling over
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voters can perceive threats in either economic or cultural spheres - either one is enough to challenge liberalism
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Self-driving cars, solar power, lab-grown food, and AIs potentially making much cheaper to do in next 10-15 years.
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I would argue the Dem platform does, the problem is that unlike Canada in a Presidential system Obama cldn't implement
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smugness is not a new thing in Canada, it's always been there (I'm Canadian, btw).
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however, a big part of anti- xenophobia in Canada is its baking I'm to the national identity by advertising by Fed government.
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I think one can see this in that xenophobia in Canada tends to be greatest where Fed. gov't has least influence...
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A couple of things to add. One is that this way of thinking https://twitter.com/jpbrammer/status/799686559901454336 … is not especially common in Canada.
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The other is Canada has no national mythology of past imperial greatness. "Make Canada Great Again" would be a non-starter.
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