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Under Kenney’s UCP, Alberta is on the way to becoming Canada’s Kansas. The only difference might be that our steaming crater of wreckage might be bigger. #AbLeg #abpoli #cdnpoli #FiretheUCP
Iowa and Oklahoma followed Kansas down the Trickledown madness road...with the same devastating results. That’s where we’re heading here in Alberta, folks. Jason Kenney wants to turn Alberta into a copy of a failed Republican State. #CautionaryTales
This also sounds eerily familiar. https://t.co/2JqmJ6I6cG
Whatever happens after the #transitionperiod ends, we can foresee that one or both “sides” will double down on their initial beliefs - as found in the #LeonFestinger 1956 study of the Seekers. 
Which is explained brilliantly by @TimHarford in his #CautionaryTales series (Wall Street Crash episode).
#CognitiveDissonance
#CognitiveDissonance
Yes, I will be doubling down on this prediction regardless of what happens.
Although, it’s important to note the #Festinger study also found some people looked at the information afresh, when new information became available. Seems the best approach to take.
Although, it’s important to note the #Festinger study also found some people looked at the information afresh, when new information became available. Seems the best approach to take.
