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KRUGGEL: Our politicians are no different than young horny male university students looking to hook up. They will say whatever they need to say to get laid

Are any of our parties principled or just groups of people desiring power?

Maybe that sounds harsh and partisan, but that is the question we need to be asking our governments. Equally, we need to ask parties that are not in power if they are principled or just desperate for power.
Maybe we live in a time where none of our leaders have principles, plans, or ideas and instead power and position is what it all boils down to.
 
Here's what I believe. The answer to all of those questions is yes. 
 
Chrystia Freeland, Mark Carney, Pierre Poilievre, Jagmeet Singh, and all the rest of them aren't in it for noble reasons. The only question left is were any of them ever in it for noble reasons? Honestly, and call me a jaded cynic but I do not think so. 
 
Our politicians are no different than young horny male university students looking to hook up. They will say whatever they need to say to get laid. Yeah, that's cynical. It is also so very true.
 
The Liberals drew lines in the sand on things like the Carbon Tax and the Capital Gains Tax. 
 
The Carbon Tax was something they all vigorously defended. Steven Guilbeault, the most vocal Liberal on the Carbon Tax threatened to resign if the party ever turned its back on it. Now he's abandoned it to back Mark Carney. That's the kind of about face that can result in whiplash. 
 
Chrystia Freeland defended the Carbon Tax and the Capital Gains Tax increase as both being important and necessary. She's backed off both as well. 
 
The rest of the Liberal candidates aren't any better on these files. 
 
That said, I'm not here to tell you the Conservatives are white knights in shiny armor.
 
Pierre Poilievre is a career politician with a very thin resume. It's only barely thinner than Justin Trudeau's. Yet, both of these men have climbed to the very top of their parties. One became Prime Minister, the other has his sights set on it. 
 
One of Poilievre's deputy leaders is a lesbian woman named Melissa Lantsman. The party has not always been so accepting of LGBTQ+ people. Still, she got elected as a Conservative and he put her in the #2 role. She's there as a token. Is she a Conservative version of Steven Guilbeault? Could be.

Does this make it difficult to find someone to vote for? Yes, if you actually have principles that you think are important and will stick to them. If you're as morally flexible as one of those people in Cirque du Soleil then voting is easy.
 
Naturally people say they have principles and that they stick to them. Many will bristle at my comments here. I call bullshit on them and their comments. Preemptively too. 
 
I'm going to say that 99.9% of people, myself included, will bend and stretch our core beliefs based on circumstances. 
 
You cannot be so ardently for the Carbon Tax, for example, and fighting climate change if you are so willing to change your mind to keep following the same failed people. It isn't an existential crisis, in your mind, if you're stilling to just walk away from the solutions because times get tough. 
 
No, I'm not faulting you for that. You're just like everyone else out there. We are a nation of hypocrites led by weasels and liars. Sure, there are a few truly principled people out there I am sure. 
 
Are there any in Parliament? The closest you'd find is Yves-François Blanchet, the Bloc Quebecois leader. The guy is upfront in his agenda and what he's there for. He's unapologetic . 
 
Note, I'm not arguing principled is necessarily something good. People have have terrible principles. Yves-François Blanchet ultimately wants to suck Canada dry and break up the country. But, at least you know where you stand with him. You can see the dagger in his hand. 
 
Freeland, Carney, Poilievre, Singh, etc all keep their daggers behind their backs out of plain sight.
Here's my final request from people reading my words: stop telling me one group of these people are better than the others. They aren't and you're delusional if you think so. 
 
If you're offended that's because you've been drinking the koolaid so long you've shut off your critical thinking. You're rationalizing and justify things just so you can feel good about voting for people that you know suck and will let you down.

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