Thread by @youseepeeYYC

Gentle reminder: if you want Conservatives out of office, your fight is also with the businesses that support them.

The Left tends to be a bit optimistic in thinking that the Right will play fair. They will not.

The rich will do whatever they can to block the Left.

#cdnpoli

If you're new to the party & happen to be a hockey fan, make sure you follow the money to see what your team is doing with your support.

In Alberta, @NHL teams are owned by billionaires who use their wealth to back Conservatives like Jason Kenney.

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And if you ever see someone wear or flaunt an "I heart oil" hoodie, sweatshirt, hat, or bumper sticker, they've either been brainwashed or gaslit into harming you and your kids.

Oil and gas doesn't love you back.

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Understand that in both cases we see the use of durable branding to gain appeal; to appear trustworthy.

Be wary of anyone who blames all your problems on someone else. "It's Notley's fault" is just as bad as "it's Trudeau's fault."

Don't be a sucker.📺

When fascism comes to Alberta it will dress in familiar symbols to appear trustworthy.

Don't be duped by this.

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Recognize that the billionaires who stand behind the brands that they've spent years building up in your eyes are no more trustworthy than the politicians who would undermine the healthcare system that gives you a sense of security.

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Remember that the billionaires who operate provincially also operate locally.

Part of the reason that you can't take the C-Train to the football game is because the billionaire who owns the football team opposes things like public transit.

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Things will come up where Conservatives themselves will warn you that voting Conservative has consequences. 💀

#ableg #cdnpoli

In speeches again and again, Conservatives will slip up and tell you that your life is meaningless to them.

Listen to the audio in this short video by @emmadeady. 📺

That's the Premier of Alberta telling you that he doesn't care if you die.

https://twitter.com/emmadeady/status/1328566033033154560?s=20

You're already here, so you're probably aware of at least some of this. So why do Conservatives keep getting elected?

Because the worst things Conservatives do rarely makes the "front page" of the news coverage. #cdnmedia

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Those media companies are owned by all the same people who throw billions of dollars at campaigns to keep re-electing Conservatives.

This article is from early 2020--before #COVID19 took over the news cycle.

theatlantic.com/magazine/archi…

The businessmen and billionaire who push Conservative ideology don't care about borders. They'll push into any area where locals can be suppressed or oppressed and profits can be extracted.

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The businessmen and billionaire who push Conservative ideology don't care about borders. They'll push into any area where locals can be suppressed or oppressed and profits can be extracted. #skpoli #cdnpoli

pressprogress.ca/the-saskatchew…

Ever wondered where anti-maskers came from? The businessmen and billionaire who push Conservative ideology don't care about borders. They'll push into any area where locals can be suppressed or oppressed and profits can be extracted. #cdnpoli #ableg
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"They don’t want well-informed, well educated people capable of critical thinking. They’re not interested in that. That doesn’t help them. That’s against their interest."

--George Carlin

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"They say “We need more money for education. We need more books. More teachers. More classrooms. More schools..."."

--George Carlin

The schools aren't for your kids. The money for education is for the rich. #abed #ableg #cdnpoli

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When it comes time to fund public education so that YOUR KIDS can have a quality education, then there's never enough money left over.

"Teachers have received no pay increases in [eight] of the last [nine] years."

Inflation has been 12.74% since 2012

teachers.ab.ca/News%20Room/at…

But there's always plenty of money for imaginary pipelines (like @jkenney's KXL to norwhere) and lots of money to support wealthy corporations.

CNRL--chaired by Billionaire N. Murray Edwards is just one example. #cdnpoli #ableg

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What do these billionaires and businessmen do between elections?

They support the political party that supports them back, of course. #ableg #UCPcorruption #cdnpoli

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When donating beyond the legal limit isn't enough the business class, they will set up dark money lobbying groups to attack progressives and support the #UCP.

This story is from 2018👇

progressalberta.ca/whos-behind-sh…🔗

And today we have Wellington Advocacy, who acts as a lobbying firm for dozens of the wealthiest companies in the province.

@JasonPYYC took a closer look at who is behind them.

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https://twitter.com/JasonPYYC/status/1374571791792795649?s=20

Anti-labour lobby group @RestaurantsCA pushed hard to help get the #UCP elected in 2019.

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And let's not forget that when the #UCP threatened the drinking water of communities along the Eastern slopes with open pit coal mining, huge multi-national coal companies knew months in advance.

#ableg #MountainsNotMines

thetyee.ca/News/2021/01/2…

I hope this is enough examples to show that when trying to unseat a Conservative government that seeks to exploit citizens rather than serve them, you cannot deal with the corrupt party in isolation.

You must pressure Kenney's accomplices to abandon the #UCP.

Bonus for making it to the end of the thread: this excellent piece from George Carlin.

The segment most applicable to this thread starts around 8:31, but the whole things is still fantastic.

#cdnpoli #cdnmedia