Interestingly, Max's fundamental character flaw (the thing that's responsible for his failure as a politician) is on full display in the first few seconds of the video. He says...
It's not the Jason Kenney that was conservative when I was a conservative.
That's the problem right there, letting a label determine your actions instead of your actions determining your label.
Not that I'm defending Kenney. But his actions are wrong because they're hurting people and destroying our way of life, not because they're inconsistent with someone's definition of "conservative".
If your position is:
I'm a conservative therefore I must do/say/believe X
...then you're doing it wrong. It should be:
I do/say/believe X, therefore I'm a conservative.
If you're chasing the image of what you've heard a conservative should do/say/believe then that's not a rational, reasoned position. That's ideological zombieism.
You should critically think out your positions independently and rationally, and then wherever your opinion falls, that'll determine if people call you a liberal or a conservative. You don't chase that title. You don't take positions just because you think it's what your 'brand' expects of you. That's ideological zombieism. You're not doing it because you think it's the right thing, you're only doing it because it's what you think is expected of you. You can't be the leader of jack shit with this mindset because it's a follower/zombie mindset.
This is what cost Bernier the 2017 leadership race. He took a losing position on an issue nobody cared about (except for the agriculture industry, who had just enough votes to narrowly cost Bernier the election) out of some misguided sense of loyalty to his "Free market libertarian" ideology.
"But I have to stand for muh principles no matter what!"
Yeah? How are Berniers "Free market libertarian principles" doing now that they don't even have a voice in parliament anymore, thanks to Bernier's ideological zombieism?
Interestingly, Max's fundamental character flaw (the thing that's responsible for his failure as a politician) is on full display in the first few seconds of the video. He says...
That's the problem right there, letting a label determine your actions instead of your actions determining your label. Not that I'm defending Kenney. But his actions are wrong because they're hurting people and destroying our way of life, not because they're inconsistent with someone's definition of "conservative".
If your position is:
...then you're doing it wrong. It should be:
If you're chasing the image of what you've heard a conservative should do/say/believe then that's not a rational, reasoned position. That's ideological zombieism.
You should critically think out your positions independently and rationally, and then wherever your opinion falls, that'll determine if people call you a liberal or a conservative. You don't chase that title. You don't take positions just because you think it's what your 'brand' expects of you. That's ideological zombieism. You're not doing it because you think it's the right thing, you're only doing it because it's what you think is expected of you. You can't be the leader of jack shit with this mindset because it's a follower/zombie mindset.
This is what cost Bernier the 2017 leadership race. He took a losing position on an issue nobody cared about (except for the agriculture industry, who had just enough votes to narrowly cost Bernier the election) out of some misguided sense of loyalty to his "Free market libertarian" ideology.
Yeah? How are Berniers "Free market libertarian principles" doing now that they don't even have a voice in parliament anymore, thanks to Bernier's ideological zombieism?
Can you explain how The Toole fits into this?
He does/says/believes liberal things, but calls himself a conservative.