Why Poilievre Is Always Looking for a Fight | The Walrus
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The man who plans to become prime minister by making enemies

“The most important thing to remember about Pierre Poilievre—the best explanation for anything he does that might confuse you or seem strange—is that he believes he has no right to lose the next election.”
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“There’s precedent. In his 2008 book Nixonland, the historian Rick Perlstein describes the rise of Richard Nixon, another awkward outsider fuelled by resentment.”
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“I’m told by a member of Poilievre’s entourage that when I repeated the comparison between Nixon and Poilievre in 2022, the new Conservative leader was pleased.”

  • Devanismyname@lemmy.caEnglish
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    9 hours ago

    His entire campaign is just spreading mass outrage. It’s all he’s good at. He’s really good at talking smack and arguing with people. It’s what works on conservatives. Make them mad about something.

    • GrindingGears@lemmy.ca
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      39 minutes ago

      It’s just going to be everyone else to blame for everything (everyone but me, the conservative creed), and the corruption will ramp up. Look at Alberta.

      Think with your big heads and not your small ones, Canada. This party is not the conservatives of yesterday, they do not care about you and me (billionaires and corporations only), and just take a look down south as to how far things can get carried away. Remember PP handing out donuts to the convoy? Pepperidge Farm remembers…

  • gonzo-rand19@moist.catsweat.com
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    9 hours ago

    When you were handed everything and never had to actually work (brown-nosing Harper and schmoozing corpos aren’t real skills), of course you feel entitled to everything and see everyone as obstacles or opponents.

    He was so well-connected in the political world that he didn’t even need to get a degree to win his seat at 25, and he finished it through correspondence only to secure legitimacy while running his political analysis business. He has had decades of insulation from the real world.

  • FiveMacs@lemmy.ca
    5·
    11 hours ago

    He’s not a leader anymore then some jock in highschool is. He will treat you like sgit, steal you money, insult you and your family and give nothing in return

    He feels he is above everyone else and doesn’t have any plans to actually win, other then attempting to make others somehow look worse then him.

    He’s a fraud and shouldn’t be trusted