Yes. This. Lemmy seems to attract a lot of people who think we are on the brink of an imminent socialist revolution. While I admire many things about socialism, living in SW Ontario way outside Toronto I would just settle for not seeing anti-abortion billboards and F*CK CARNEY stickers everywhere and continuing to resist the right-wing nonsense taking over many other Western countries. (No, not just the US....Le Pen, Meloni, the list goes on...)

In all reality, we will never be able to get a party in majority that supports eradicating corporate entities, banning ICE vehicles immediately, establishing UBI, etc etc - these things will not happen in extremes that will slowly happen here and there and some won't at all. The goal right now is "least shitty" not "The Great Socialist Revolution" but this is a community with many idealists and that's cool but just remember that when you read some of these posts.

[–] avidamoeba@lemmy.ca 3 points 19 hours ago* (last edited 19 hours ago)

It may be easier to get socialist (in practice, not labels) politicians elected where the Fuck Carney signs are than a politician that doesn't Fuck Carney themselves. Not a socialist that peddles the whole program a downtown Toronto leftist wants, but an appropriate subset that helps their community in real ways by actually working against corporate interests. After all that's happened before. The real issues affect most of us and I think that's gonna get more obvious to more people in the years to come.

[–] healthetank@lemmy.ca 12 points 1 day ago (2 children)

To anyone reading this, I'd remind you that local politics are THE MOST important. You can far more easily get local politicians in who are extremely progressive, and begin movement from there. The lack of parties means its much simpler to run, and most people don't even bother voting. Plus those changes can have drastic impacts on what you see and do on a daily basis.

[–] kahnclusions@lemmy.ca 8 points 1 day ago

Especially so in Canada. The politics that affects like 95% of your daily life is local and provincial. It infuriates me when I hear people blame all their problems on the PM that are actually the responsibility of your local or provincial government. Blaming Trudeau (or now Carney) for Doug Ford’s faults.

Housing, healthcare, education, public transport, urban planning, welfare, labour standards? It’s all exclusive jurisdiction of the provinces.

[–] GrackleBirb@lemmy.ca 7 points 1 day ago

This is absolutely true - while my riding is a complete waste and shithole that will always vote Conservative, we have had many progressive people on our town council and in mayoral positions.