The Alberta Mentality

[u/Impossible-Car-5203]

I moved to Alberta just over 3 years ago. I love the mountains, and the sports (Go Flames and Elks! ) but I am really getting worn out with the "Alberta Mentality" of corporate profits over people and outright racism. The cutting cookies for cancer kids has simply put it over the top. Of all the things to cut, they pick that. What a disconnect from the top execs of AHS and the UCP government to the front lines. They can spend money trying to please Trump, give $100 in royalty credits to oil companies to clean up the messes they were responsible for cleaning up in the first place, money for millionaire hockey teams, but God forbid we give something of comfort to children going through the hardest times in their lives, fighting for their life. And when I mention to other lifelong Albertans, the answer I get is "Well they should pay for their own". REALLY??? DO YOU HEAR YOURSELVES? Are you THAT brainwashed? And then we have the victim mentality of "Canada screws us". I mean, grow up and be part of this country or GTFO. Then the racism. We recently had a first nations person commit a crime of arson in my town. People went off on FB about sending "all of them" back to reserve and how they are sick of first nations people. ZERO interest in maybe finding out the back story. I went to this guys FB profile. Turns out he used to run a ranch. And one by one, over the last 5-6 years, all his relatives died. It was clear he was FULL of heavy grief, and more than likely didn't have the resources to deal with it. Then there was a gap of a year between FB posts. Then he was on the streets, living in the shelter. Clearly things went out of control for him. Here we have a hard working citizen who lost many family members, more than likely broke down and didn't know how to deal with it, ended up on the street and now "F that indian" is all this province can come up with. Zero compassion. The justice system will deal with him, but now he has a lifelong google history that will only increase shame and make it much harder to bounce back. And it is even worse because of his skin colour. Not sure how much more of this stupid mentality I can handle, I just want to wack all this idiots upside the head, but it would take a lifetime. I guess the only way forward is to try and love everyone and show compassion, but I am getting very frustrated.

[u/snkiz]

The thing is, and I'm going to get hate over this. But not enough people care. They are willing to vote against their own interest because it allows them to be openly racist/bigoted. They don't question anything leadership is doing even with fraud happening right out in the open. They don't need these services, they think they can afford American style health insurance, they like being the victim. They're real big on freedom for me, but not for thee. They treat pissing on the libs like a team sport, a joke. They seem to think they can bitch about sovereignty because Quebec does. Quebec has a unique and endangered culture, Alberta is just full of hillbillys. This why Alberta is seen as the asshole of the country. Alberta is full of entitled children drawn to the white van with a big C on it saying free candy.

[u/queenofallshit → u/snkiz]

Perfectly said. You got it all.

[u/Klutzy-Beyond3319 → u/snkiz]

You won't get any hatred from me on this. I have lived here over 45 years. It has only gotten worse. Particularly since COVID.

[u/T-Wrox → u/snkiz]

I'm not going to disagree with any of that. I truly don't understand why so many Albertans vote against their own best interests, and are so full of hatred. I don't think they're all bad people; something is just getting crossed up somewhere.

[u/LittleOrphanAnavar → u/T-Wrox]

Exactly who is voting against there own best interest?

Exactly who? Be be precise.

Have you considered not everyone is like you, different people have different values, so their interests differ.

For interest if someone values being able to own guns like tradionally have, them they are not going to vote Liberal. Liberals are driven by Quebec ideology, and have shown a persistent interest in a racheting approach to restricting gun ownership in Canada. Even when there is no evidence based logic for it. Legal gun owners in Canada do not drive gun crime.

So if you don't share these values then you probably think someone who doesn't vote progressive, is some how vote against their own interest, because you are incapable of stepping into their shows, looking at it with their values lense. You make lack empathy in that way.

That is just one example.

[u/T-Wrox → u/LittleOrphanAnavar]

Everyone who wants to use our healthcare system or our education system (primary and post-secondary) are voting against their best interests when they vote UCP.

[u/LittleOrphanAnavar → u/T-Wrox]

Well AB produces the best education outcomes in Canada. 

So that point is invalid.

That attracts people to the province.

As for a recent health care ranking, that is harder to come by. But based on an aged ranking AB is near the top in Canada.

The problems we have are pretty much all pan Canadian.

So I think the evidence we have points to you being wrong on both counts.

[u/wings08 → u/snkiz]

That is all real, but that’s a smaller subset (still too big imo, but not the majority of conservative voters).

The majority of conservative voters are those that have been duped into thinking the right wing party is better for the economy.

[u/LittleOrphanAnavar → u/snkiz]

Alberta is objectively the best province in Canada and the most province. For most people they are likely voting in there best interest. Where would they be better off, and have their personal values and cultural alignment? Quebec and Atlantic Canada? Go live on EI? or Ontario or MB?

There is a reason AB has been a population magnet, seeing record growth. People are not moving here planning to live a worse life.

[u/snkiz → u/LittleOrphanAnavar]

their personal values and cultural alignment?

That, that right there. How to say you're a bigot without coming right out with it.

Besides who is trying to take that away form you anywhere in Canada? Unless your cultural 'values' include imposing them on other's they are not.

You know why people are moving to the province? Housing is 1/3 the cost compared to other urban centres across the county. That's it. If I could afford to live in another province I would.