Carney saved us from the immediate dangers of capitulating to the US like the conservatives were ready to do, but he won’t save us from the multinational danger of corporate parasitism. That requires a fundamental reassessment of the key economic concepts behind growth and GDP. Much like decoupling from the US requires a regrettably intolerant attitude (“tolerance of intolerance…” and all that), decoupling from corporate oligarchy requires a determined adherence to supporting the lower and middle class above the upper class. This will no doubt strike a chord with people who have become ingrained to the capitalistic belief system, but it must be done before it’s too late. I personally hope the NDP can rise at the federal level with such a message in order to push back on this form of tyranny.

[–] brianpeiris@lemmy.ca 4 points 1 hour ago (1 children)

I agree. The political stupidity in the US basically forced us into a two-party election where the country was forced to choose between two evils and Carney looked like a reasonable savior at the time. We sacrificed NDP representation to save ourselves from Trump. Carney quickly abandoned any resemblance of environmental concern in the name of economic growth and sovereignty. The same is happening with AI now, where he's playing to the hype and business interests. Except AI is largely a grift and this strategy will do more harm than good.

[–] VoodooMischief@lemmy.ca 2 points 1 hour ago

Yup. I get that he’s also walking a tightrope with Alberta’s separatism right now, but even with that matter resolved I don’t think he would truly stand up for the environment and worker’s rights. I’d be happy to be proven wrong, though.