Why Modern Liberalism Struggles With Dissent

Tap The Maple | Bakes On Things · May 21, 2026 · 17m

Why does political disagreement in Canada increasingly feel impossible?

Why do so many conversations immediately become:

emotional,

hostile,

moralized,

or completely shut down?

In this episode of Tap the Maple, we explore the deeper psychological and cultural reasons modern Canadian politics feels more tribal than ever before.

This is NOT simply a “Liberals bad” rant.

This episode dives into:

institutional dominance,

political identity,

social media outrage culture,

moral superiority politics,

motivated reasoning,

censorship culture,

and why dissent increasingly feels unacceptable in modern…