To win and wield power, Justin Trudeau and the Liberals rely on a cunning playbook.
It involves seducing progressive voters while simultaneously serving the corporate elite's interests.
Our @TheBreachMedia video explains the playbook's 5 steps: #Elx44
It involves seducing progressive voters while simultaneously serving the corporate elite's interests.
Our @TheBreachMedia video explains the playbook's 5 steps: #Elx44
#1 Strike a quiet bargain with corporate elite.
This is the Liberals' classic offer: if discontent is rising, they’ll neutralize it like a political shock-absorber.
They may pose as anti-establishment, but they're safeguarding one group's interests.
This is the Liberals' classic offer: if discontent is rising, they’ll neutralize it like a political shock-absorber.
They may pose as anti-establishment, but they're safeguarding one group's interests.
#2 Simulate transformative change
Taking a knee, marching for the climate, apologizing for past injustices: the maneuver here—which Trudeau excels in—is adopting the language & symbolism of social movements without materially challenging the status quo.
Taking a knee, marching for the climate, apologizing for past injustices: the maneuver here—which Trudeau excels in—is adopting the language & symbolism of social movements without materially challenging the status quo.
#3 Co-opt civil society
Liberals are experts at disarming activists and orgs by inviting them inside—recruiting them to party, using funding as a carrot, and deploying a consultation machine to make them think access equals influence. It never does.
Liberals are experts at disarming activists and orgs by inviting them inside—recruiting them to party, using funding as a carrot, and deploying a consultation machine to make them think access equals influence. It never does.
#4 Cherry-pick progressive agenda
To undermine radical change, Liberals selectively adopt left-wing proposals (then delay or water them down). This can include big concessions—UI, medicare, childcare—if it defangs critics & doesn't threaten capitalism.
To undermine radical change, Liberals selectively adopt left-wing proposals (then delay or water them down). This can include big concessions—UI, medicare, childcare—if it defangs critics & doesn't threaten capitalism.
#5 Act as a trojan horse for corporate interests
The Liberals true gift is for disguising a pro-corporate agenda as progressive and smuggling it past unsuspecting voters. They always get it done for the oil barons, bankers, arms dealers, and big pharma.
The Liberals true gift is for disguising a pro-corporate agenda as progressive and smuggling it past unsuspecting voters. They always get it done for the oil barons, bankers, arms dealers, and big pharma.
#6 Invoke Conservative Bogeyman (bonus step)
Once the shine wears off, we get to the Liberal escape hatch: demand we back them as a last defence against the barbarians. Its aim: muzzle Canada's progressive majority into settling, yet again, for Liberals.
Once the shine wears off, we get to the Liberal escape hatch: demand we back them as a last defence against the barbarians. Its aim: muzzle Canada's progressive majority into settling, yet again, for Liberals.
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