again: the overwhelmingly bourgeois nature of this government is on full display.

it's like that meme with the republicans laughing, "and then we told you it would trickle down.". but, what it really is is tory - this is the liberal party actually becoming the progressive conservative party, it is justin trudeau turning into brian mulroney.

liberals don't win elections because people really believe in them to the absolute core, they win elections because there's a careful calculation by the masses that, as bad as they may be, they're not as bad as the conservatives.

it's becoming harder and harder to make that argument.

i've been uncomfortable for some time about the government falling on a corruption scandal. but, a caucus revolt on the basis of the leader being far too bourgeois would be welcome.

https://www.thestar.com/opinion/star-columnists/2019/03/28/justin-trudeau-made-a-smug-remark-to-a-protester-its-hard-to-recover-from-that.html