I’m rereading the thread & truly struggling to follow your train of thought. What exactly do you expect them to do & how. They can’t rewrite policy, legislation, acts etc. Help me understand.

They Need To HELP People Encourage people to donate to Mutual Aid funds or - instead of this months' NDP donation plea - they could ask ppl to donate to food banks. As landlords, they can drop/reduce/freeze rent. They literally are not required to only enact legislation in order to help people FFS.

Just wondering- have you written your MLA- or shadow minister as the case may be? Have you expressed these ideas to them? I know a fair number on their FB pages that are always out supporting & promoting a variety of agencies. It would seem you’re putting a blanket of judgement on them.

And yeah, i AM judging them. For their consistent lack of direct action and for refusing to listen when people say what hey need. For having networks & connections and social power, yet using NONE of it to help people they insist are super important and invaluable. Actions speak louder than words.

Would it be safe to say Party Politics is the problem & it’s like an elite club that once you’re in you lose sight of why you started in the first place. As a member of a small constituency association in rural AB I feel this about the party.

No. Party politics are a mere symptom of the colonialist, imperialist, genocidal project that is the basis of canadian "government." Politicians who refuse to help people meet basic needs are the logical outcome. Per Stafford Beers, the purpose of a system is what it does.

Why is your first assumption that none of these "write/talk to your rep" approaches have been tried? What do you think gets people to a point of frustration with politicians as do-nothing careerists? Maybe, just maybe, assume that people have tried all the typical channels to absolutely no avail.

I guess if you’d have led more with that, the discussion could have gone differently. Sorry I didn’t have a copy of your CV. As someone who is also ‘doing the work’ I usually encounter online anger by people who only want to complain, but not work for change.

You demanded I make suggestions. I did so. You said those were impossible for the NDP to do. I provided examples of why that's not so. And so on. Now it's "you should talk to them instead of being mean online." Next time stretch before moving so many goalposts, 'kay?

Clearly you are angry & we will not find a way to work through that because you don’t want to. Sorry you are so frustrated with all things & everyone.

LOL I'm only frustrated by the intense desire of many people, like you, to do EVERYTHING except acknowledge rhat the NDP could either get moving on direct action or STFU and stop punching left. Like literally, i'm asking them to live their purported values. But the real problem is my anger. Ok.

Oh, gosh, that's an OPTION? I had no idea that during all of the volunteer hours, committee meetings, and other political engagement I've done that i could also TALK to the people in the room. Ma'am, my hat's off to you for figuring out what I was doing wrong!

I can see why you may not be feeling super successful if this is how you choose to interact with others irl or do you just choose to do it here because you’re behind a keyboard? Have a nice life?

Yup, you got it. My attitude's the problem, not politicians who do nothing to actually help the folks they say should vote for them.