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The Championship Game of Canadian Politics
We have traded rigorous policy analysis for political team jerseys, turning our democracy into a high-stakes professional sports league. Driven by Social Identity Theory, political affiliation has shifted from a practical evaluation of public services into a core cultural identity. Our party preference serves as a mental shortcut to sort neighbors into a friendly “in-group” or a hostile “out-group.”
Once this tribal firewall is built, cognitive biases mirror sports fandom. We routinely defend flawed legislation and ignore local service failures just to ensure our side wins the news cycle…
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