• corsicanguppy@lemmy.ca
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    2 days ago

    less conservative on average

    Yes. But, like states, provinces are each all over the spectrum, from “nice” to “winnebago aristocracy hoodwinking the farmers”. Themselves, some of them would support a bully from whom they cribbed their ‘tough guy’ drivel.

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      2 days ago

      I think this is one of those “arch conservative” of one country turns out to be left of center in the US.

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        Not really. When people say that, they tend to be focused on healthcare. Which is fair, because US healthcare is barbaric. However, when you open it up to other issues–gay marriage, trans rights, anti-racisim–suddenly the US doesn’t look so far to the right. At least, not in terms of public opinion vs what its government actually does.

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          I mean, I just read through the platform of the Canadian conservative party and they’re pretty left by US standards.