Could Bitcoin Millhouse be even less likeable? Yes, the answer is yes.

  • Oderus@lemmy.worldOP
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    1 year ago

    his handlers probably calculate that they run a greater risk of alienating their base if they run moderate, than running moderate and raising their ceiling

    I don’t think that’s possible. Who else will Conservatives vote for? The CPC could act like LPC/NDP and they’d still get their core voters to vote them in because as long as they aren’t ‘red’ or ‘orange’… they’re ‘good’.

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      11 months ago

      They’d stay home on the general election, and vote for someone to replace Pollievre in the next leadership review.

      Pollievre knows he needs to keep feeding red meat to the proto-fascist base, lest they turn on him.

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          11 months ago

          Exactly. Not voting means your team won’t get elected and for many, it is a team sport.

          They hate the opposition more than they could hate themselves.