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I know. I was surprised to read that too, given what I’d seen of the treatment dished out to the truckers on the streets of the capital by Justin Trudeau’s Police thugs, and worse, the Stasi-like shite pulled in freezing their credit cards and bank accounts in order to effectively destroy them while leaving them breathing.
But if you read the following Twitter thread it turns out that the protests actually worked, something that the MSM in Canada and the rest of the West, have not reported on since they were heavily invested in the C-19 narrative of lockdowns, vaccine mandates and massive State control.
Check the link for details on the key points but as she summarises:
Within 1 month the trucker convoy had effected a hostile overthrow of the Governments of Alberta and the official opposition, the Conservative party of Canada, from pro to anti- lockdown, and crushed the moderate wing of the conservative movement.
At Multiple points Trudeau was nearly forced out by his own party and his government was humiliated with most pof its percieved power destroyed, it now exists as a rump failing to pass gun control bills (IN CANADA!) against moderate opposition.
Within 2-4 months all domestic restrictions were gone and within 8 months even the pantomime of international restrictions didn’t exist, Canada had fewer covid restrictions than the US.
Rather puts New Zealand in the shade, and given what a creepy place Canada is becoming that’s saying something. But as the Twitter author puts it, the reason both the Canadian government and their MSM wing wants you to think the protest was a failure was that it’s success freaked them out for what it portends for the future:
The greatest possible threat to them is that the mass of the Suburban and rural Middle-class: Flyover country, the Petite Bourgeoise, the small business owners, the farmers, the truckers, the Kulaks… The greatest possible threat to the regime is that this mass will realize its incredible power both in coordination, logistics, and initiative… And that it will overthrow the governing class of Bureaucrats, Regulators, Lawyers, DEI Administrators, and leaches who’ve gotten rich surviving of their tax cattle who actually work and produce things.
It’s class warfare Jim, but not as we’ve known it.
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Via https://nominister.wordpress.com/2023/06/14/the-canadian-trucker-protests-worked/
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Small short-term gain, maybe… but not sure about the long game though.
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There is STILL TOO MUCH afoot.
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Most of what’s happening now is on the local level, smayer97, in the freedom cells (and their like) and isn’t reported in the mainstream media. There was some great panels at a recent conference in Ireland: https://matthewehret.substack.com/p/recapturing-the-spirit-of-jfk-and?publication_id=260045&post_id=127021380&isFreemail=false
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And then we have this: Merging / Synchronizing of Pandemic Treaty and International Health Regulations, giving unprecedented power to unelected and unaccountable people:
https://www.facebook.com/reel/1203894016941385
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I think the only realistic option people have right now, smayer97, is for people to organize in their local communities (by organizing their own health, food, education and barter systems) to opt out of this corporate insanity. Around the world, more and more people are coming to this view at a grassroots level.
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It certainly is a serious consideration. I wish I was in a better place with our family to work on that. Doing what I can to stay stocked, etc. but I know it does not go far enough.
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