He surely would reject any such comparison but, in a recent interview, Justin Trudeau briefly sounded just a little bit like Richard Nixon.

“The problem is right now that there is a silent majority that is a little bit silent, and maybe wondering whether it’s actually a minority. And you got a lot of good, thoughtful people saying, you know, ‘I don’t have anything personal against the leader, but everyone seems to hate him because I see all these flags and therefore, you know, he must be on his way out or he must be unpopular,’” Trudeau told Village Media.

While Nixon, the 37th president of the United States, didn’t coin the phrase, he did popularize the notion of a “silent majority” in a televised address about the war in Vietnam in 1969. Those words conjured up an image of a mass of voters who could not be heard over the din of the protesters and activists clamouring for political and social change.

  • wise_pancake@lemmy.ca
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    16 days ago

    I think my best case scenario is that Jagmeet Singh steps down, the NDP quickly select a leader that relates to the working class (something like a Tim Walz type) and they sweep the election on a workers rights grassroots push.

    • Adderbox76@lemmy.caEnglish
      5·
      16 days ago

      Best case scenario…yes. But likely…not very.

      The only thing that the bankers and CEOs that keep the Liberal coffer’s full, and the Oil & Gas Companies (and now Russia apparently) that keep the Cons coffer’s full, is a mutual hatred for the working man and for unions.

      It would take a herculean effort, and a charismatic leader that we haven’t seen since Layton, to bring the NDP into Official Opposition range, let alone leading it all.

      I agree that that would be the best possible version of Canada. But greed will never allow it to happen.

      • wise_pancake@lemmy.ca
        6·
        16 days ago

        Yeah, 0% chance this happens, but a man can dream, and vent online about our political situation.

    • Avid Amoeba@lemmy.ca
      2·
      16 days ago

      If the NDP and/or LPC only run candidates in ridings they’re likely to win, that could help them elect both more NDP MPs and more LPC MPs, possibly keeping PP at bay. Of course that won’t happen and we’re gonna get vote split instead.