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"The most important thing to remember about Pierre Poilievre—the best explanation for anything he does that might confuse you or seem strange—is that he believes he has no right to lose the next election."
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"There’s precedent. In his 2008 book Nixonland, the historian Rick Perlstein describes the rise of Richard Nixon, another awkward outsider fuelled by resentment."
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"I’m told by a member of Poilievre’s entourage that when I repeated the comparison between Nixon and Poilievre in 2022, the new Conservative leader was pleased."

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[–] [email protected] 2 points 6 hours ago

When you were handed everything and never had to actually work (brown-nosing Harper and schmoozing corpos aren't real skills), of course you feel entitled to everything and see everyone as obstacles or opponents.

He was so well-connected in the political world that he didn't even need to get a degree to win his seat at 25, and he finished it through correspondence only to secure legitimacy while running his political analysis business. He has had decades of insulation from the real world.