Cooper: Why are Canadian Right-Wingers Obsessed with Becoming Americans?

Follow Cooper and the Honkey Night in Canada Podcast. As always, the quote blocks are my commentary. The (((Munk)))-funded Frasier institute recently published a poll titled “Perspectives on Capitalism and Socialism”. The results, which showed positive interest for socialism among young Canadians, predictably drew ire from conservative publications. Table 1.1a asks “What is the Ideal Economic System” to all age groups. For Canada, they identified 52% of respondents as agreeing that capitalism is the ideal economic system. This was followed by socialism (42%), communism (6%), and fascism (4%). What pissed off the prairie conservatives at the Western Standard, is that … Continue reading Cooper: Why are Canadian Right-Wingers Obsessed with Becoming Americans?