Those who would take us backwards are exploiting our fears
The past is warm and comforting, the future unsettling and unclear.
Is it any wonder, then, that aspiring political leaders campaign on evocative promises to turn back history, stop the world from spinning, return us for good and always to some imaginary time when all was right and just, when the worthy were rewarded, the transgressive sternly dealt with.
Brexiteers: “Let’s take back control.”
Conservative Leader Erin O’Toole: “Let’s take back Canada.”
Citizens deserve better. They owe themselves and their community greater critical thinking.
They cannot at one and the same time complain that politicians are shameless mountebanks while eagerly purchasing every jar of snake oil on offer.
At minimum, they should be aware of what politicians are doing and exploiting.
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