With Elizabeth May and the Green Party on the rise, let’s take a moment to talk about partisan politics, aka, me vs you. (also, kind of a slow news day…)

This is a good thing for the system. With the NDP’s collapse in the 2015 election, we saw the race narrow to two parties, Libs vs Cons, much like the American system, which I believe has a polarizing effect on our politics. It becomes an “you’re either with us or against us” type situation, which leads to charming white supremist rallies and unabashed media biases from the left… (and the right…)

A two-party system allows for extremism to grow on either side. There are only so many voters, and if there are only two parties, well, you gotta try and get that vote somehow, so I guess you better cater to that racist fella who don’t like dem Mexicans… BUILD A WALL (smart!)

And hey, if you think that people can be butterflies, well, that might become a completely valid and reasonable opinion if you’re catering to the extreme left…

I think you get where I’m going with this.

A multiple party system works to diversify and spread out humanities crazy little ideas. And let’s be honest, we have a way of going too far with things… (unions, liberalism, conservatism, capitalism, fucking sports, hashtags, porn, food, whatever the fuck really, we will find a way to exploit and exhaust it)

My biggest beef with partisan politics is that it removes logic from the equation. People say what they think they are supposed to say… You’re conservative, well you hate carbon tax. You’re liberal, you hate oil… and we end up standing in two giant separate circle jerks, where people say the same things over and over while nodding in profuse agreement without really listening or caring what the other side has to say…

There’s a middle ground to everything people (unless you want to talk about Season 8 of Game of Thrones, because that’s just complete garbage).

If the Green Party can pick up the oh so obvious slack of the NDP, we might see the libs and cons having to adjust their platforms slightly, or at least sweat a bit, which I support unreservedly.

So, go Liz go! (also congrats on the marriage😊)  

Well ladies and gentlemen its shaping up to be one helluva an election year! (and yes, there are actually gift wrapped turds in suits here in Ottawa who walk around saying such blasphemy)

Get ready to hear two things, A LOT.

ENVIRONMENT!!!!!

And

CARBON TAX!!!!!!

(imagine those stupid laser sounds from techno songs!) Pew-Pew-Pew

So, let me break that down for you:

The Liberals and NDP will be talking steady about the environment (not because they are environmentalists, but because of social trends and polling data which suggests the public is receptive to it – not to mention the Green Party’s recent success in BC – which all aligns pretty well with SONY and other various international corporations who construct specific parts for Windmills that we literally cannot make in this country, for instance?).

But just remember this: Environment = sexy right now.  

And the Conservatives will be droning on about unfair federal taxations placed on Provinces and, more specifically, RURAL communities (shocker!), which is causing your gas to go up in price, not because they give a shit about your small businesses or your wallets (do not be fooled!), but because there’s a lot of pissed off Albertans right now, and coupled with the Blue Collar worker’s new found hatred for their fancy selfie-taking PM, it’s an easy strategical move.

All I ask is that the next self-righteous turd you see (you know the type, the one who feels the need to post a ten paragraph status update on Facebook proclaiming their ideologies for all the world to see… dude, your emotions are showing), stating that they are liberal because they “care about the environment” or they’re conservative because they believe in robust economy (yeah, no shit… who doesn’t), just kindly explain to them where they are actually drawing their ideology from 😊

…and it’s the same fucking place, in case you didn’t get the gist ;}