It works for disgusting slime like Jason "Closet" Kenney and Scott "'Burp! OMFG I killed him!'" Moe. Both of these oozing creatures want to completely destroy public health care (because they're assholes). So abusing the front-line workers and having the system break down is helpful to that agenda. They're also ideologically opposed to doing the sane thing when faced with a public crisis, which would be to marshall the collective resources and capabilities of their societies to meet that crisis. For one thing, that would cost money and it's the rich who have money (and who are getting even more money during this crisis) and they don't want their money touched by the hoi polloi. So they do as little as possible and pander to the idiots and the scum-bags.
From what little I've heard of the BC-NDP they've been behaving almost as badly as their Albertan and Saskatchewan neighbours. Because that party has been taken over by anti-environmentalist, cynical, power-obsessed assholes.
The federal government is Liberal and Liberal tends to mean more cognizant of reality than a Conservative. So the Trudeau Liberals' response to COVID-19 has been far more sensible than those of any right-wing provincial government and far more sensible than what the federal Conservative Party of Canada would have done. But, again, effectively meeting this crisis would have meant accessing the wealth of the wealthiest and truly regulating the actions of the capitalists. And that's really not going to happen in the Canada we find ourselves in. So it's quite convenient for Trudeau to point to these ignorant yahoos and say: "I'm doing all I can! Look what I'm up against!"
The stupid claims of the COVIDiot anti-vaxxers could be easily demolished with an effective public information campaign. Ask yourself: Have you ever hear any government in Canada seriously engage with (and by that I mean DEMOLISH) the idiocy of this considerable minority? Or do they just call them "misinformed" and dismiss them. You would think that getting people onside and to stop believing in ridiculous conspiracy theories that are prolonging a public health crisis would be worth the relatively small cost of such a campaign. But Trudeau doesn't really mind because he never intended to do anything greater than a half-assed effort so these protesters provide him with cover as well.
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There is no ideology. Kenney, Moe, Trump, McConnell, etc are nihilists. There is nothing coherent about their beliefs, unless greed and racism constitute a coherent belief system.
That's a bit strong but it does provoke thinking. They are certainly capable of hypocrisy and inconsistency.
Whatever it is, I wouldn't say their ideology is particularly intellectual.
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