Joel writes:
>I'm glad you still love the people of New York.
Me, too.
>But I'm not sure how the affection Canadian and Americans
>often feel for each other explains the persistently
>conservative voting patterns of some small rural
>communities in Atlantic Canada.
I do! Silly that you should that... I will offer an opinion in a moment.
>Surely, you must have an explanation that is
>more to the point?
The fact that you used "30 mph" was a major marker. Since when did
Canada use the imperial system, instead of metric? I think that means
you visited Canada before the 1970s?
And if that is not true, that you are following some poor couple doing
30 kph and flashing your lights at them, well, you are not helping our
cause.
As to your main point I am responding to:
But I'm not sure how the affection Canadian and Americans
often feel for each other explains the persistently
conservative voting patterns of some small rural
communities in Atlantic Canada.
You answer your own question. If you want to apply a Marxist
perspective, then you know that the rural terminology is a clue. The
most intelligent thing I saw in a Canadian newspaper was the breaking
down of Dem and Rep based on regional density. Urban areas = Dem.
Otherwise = not.
Our friends in the so-called bullshit redoubt of the Atlantic provs are
just not represented and having their needs met.
Ken.
