FACT CHECK ME: Politics Is Not Football

Politics is not football.

You don’t owe politicians a thing.

There are no teams — or at least, there shouldn’t be.

Because even if “your” candidate loses, the one who wins is still supposed to work for you.

That’s the part people forget.

Flying a flag of discontent just because you hate the other side doesn’t fix your problems.

It doesn’t lower your bills.

It doesn’t feed kids.

It doesn’t reduce hospital wait times.

Policy does.

I understood the anger toward Justin Trudeau.

You didn’t have to agree with the flags to understand the frustration.

That anger was earned over time — through policy, tone, fatigue, and trust slowly eroding.

But when those flags were replaced almost immediately with “Fuck Carney,” before the man had even unpacked his office, something changed.

That wasn’t politics.

That was reflex.

Rage has become a shortcut — a performance that feels like action but requires none.

And rage only creates more rage.

When you rage, you become easy to ignore.

And when leaders ignore you, that rage just gets more fuel.

It grows louder.

It burns hotter.

And it still doesn’t fix anything.

So ask yourself this:

Do you want government fighting rage —

or do you want government working?

Because those are not the same thing.

A government reacting to rage manages optics, puts out fires, issues statements, and waits for the noise to die down.

A government doing its job is identifying problems, weighing trade-offs, negotiating compromises, and implementing solutions — most of which are boring, slow, and invisible.

Anger focuses on personality.

But personality doesn’t lower your bills.

It doesn’t feed kids.

It doesn’t reduce hospital wait times.

Policy does.

So say “Fuck Mark Carney” if you want —

but you need to say why.

Not vibes.

Not attitude.

Not because he reminds you of someone you already hate.

Say:

• which policy you oppose

• what outcome you think it will produce

• who it will hurt

• and what you would do differently

That’s not loyalty.

That’s citizenship.

If you can’t explain why, you’re not making a political statement —

you’re just making noise.

And noise is easy to ignore.

Action looks different.

It looks like understanding the issues.

Identifying the real problems.

Talking about them — even when it’s uncomfortable.

Writing your representatives.

Organizing with people you don’t fully agree with.

Deciding what your demands actually are.

Rage exhausts itself.

Action compounds.

Politics isn’t a popularity contest.

It isn’t team sports.

And it isn’t about who you hate.

If you want change, stop feeding the thing that keeps you easy to dismiss.

Noise is optional.

Work is not.