This is why the Liberal party may well be on its last legs. We are getting more used to the information age and are increasingly less tolerant for being told by the false sophisticates of the mediasphere how to be small-l liberal and progresive. A lot of Canadians are still fearful of being seen to have any sympathies for “social conservatism”, but every day I think we are seeing more completely how corrupting a centralizing national party and intellectual life is, and, I hope, renewing respect for decentralization and freedom from the mindset of the MSM and the academic “progressive” snobs.

The Liberals have been weak since the 80s, but the Conservatives have been in disarray given the paleo vs. neo con split. But all it requires now is for a few more votes to shift in Ontario, a few more “federalists” to lose their fear of Quebecois nationalism, the now more immigrant than racist reality of conservatism to become apparent, and Canadians will free themselves from the evil red tide that has constrained our better side (the faith that we can govern ourselves) for much of the 20thC. It is ignorance of this side, when it comes to stereotyping ìCanadaî, that I hope our American friends will increasingly be able to rectify. We need a few more David Frums.

One party states do have a tendency to fall into that kind of trouble.

I think of the Liberals’ agenda, on the maximum economic scale, as corporatist, maybe proto-fascist. As Benito Mussolini said:

“Fascism should more properly be called corportism becasue it is the merger of state and corparate power.”

Call it “Liberal Fascism” or Fascism with a happy face, the best example is where Western Europe is headed. Certain forces for EU consolidation detest democracy and wish to see a corportist state to “balance” the world. Naturally the politicians who promote this are self-interested as their own ideology allows personal links to big business. They encourage the transfer of personalities back and forth from big business and government. For citizens uncomfortable with this trend the elites foment anti-Americanism as a distraction.

In Canada there’s still the vote, so Liberal Corporatism can be held in check. And the voters, like others in the Anglosphere, are not by default resigned to corporate/government unity. The corporatists had the sentiment of globalism and international identity to rationalize their policies that harmed the Canadian people. Hopefully the realization that the proponents of these policies weren’t motivated by altruism but profit will gain in visibility and expose the sentiment. Their could be a liberal party without the corporatism. It doesn’t pay well and Martin isn’t the one to make the purge, but it might save the party.

They all boil down to, “We, the members of the elite class, are morally and intellectually superior to you peasants. Therefore we arrogate to ourselves the power to decide what you can and cannot do, with your souls, your minds, your bodies, your voices, your votes, and your money. We can even kill you in large numbers if we so decide, because we are building the perfect society and we know best.”

I will make this real simple for everybody. If you voted for George W. Bush—you did not make a ìsmart choiceî and desperately need supervision. A reeducation camp might be required. Richard Thalerís deconstructionist rantings inevitably argue for a paternalistic environment where he and his buddies will decide whatís best for the rest of us.