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I never "radicalized" (social.bau-ha.us)
submitted 3 weeks ago* (last edited 3 weeks ago) by streetfestival@lemmy.ca to c/canadapolitics@lemmy.ca

https://social.bau-ha.us/@raganwald/113566320566703375

I never "radicalized." I'm simply a Canadian whose idea of the social contract remained unchanged while America dragged the Overton Window to the right.

When the Overton Window moves, it doesn't stretch. Thus, while previously unthinkable ideas become acceptable to explore, others shift to become "radical."

If you feel the same way, don't ever forget that we aren't radical, it's literally the collapse of American democracy and the looting of its economy that's radical.

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[-] Gradually_Adjusting@lemmy.world 10 points 3 weeks ago

American oligarchs did that. Regular folks deserve some shame for not organizing and resisting harder, but I hope people abroad understand that.

To equivocate, I'm a guy who left America years ago because it's so bad there, and I don't see it getting better any time soon. I still vote, and I still don't think most Americans are bad. I just have a lower threshold than most for "fuck this I'm out".

[-] gaael@lemmy.world 4 points 3 weeks ago

Don't worry, we know. It's note like our oligarchs overseas are any different in essence, and our own Overton's window has also been pushed towards the far-right by their medias.

[-] davel@lemmy.ml 6 points 3 weeks ago* (last edited 3 weeks ago)

I never "radicalized."

So Ragan Wald is wearing a Black Panthers T-shirt ironically?

In Canada the Overton window has been lurching rightward for a generation. The three key moments in Canada’s neoliberal transformation

I doubt this tech bro has developed class consciousness; most don’t.

[-] Iheartcheese@lemmy.world 1 points 3 weeks ago

It's never too late. Go start a fire

[-] Deceptichum@quokk.au -1 points 3 weeks ago

"I'm not radical, I'm a centrist" . . . okay?

[-] Windex007@lemmy.world 3 points 3 weeks ago
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