<![CDATA["The late Tommy Douglas, Canada’s venerable socialist leader and the father of its single-payer health care system, is now revered as the 'greatest Canadian.' But in his time, he was a radical and an enemy of the establishment."]]>"The late Tommy Douglas, Canada’s venerable socialist leader and the father of its single-payer health care system, is now revered as the 'greatest Canadian.' But in his time, he was a radical and an enemy of the establishment."

We've betrayed our heritage.

Tommy Douglas, Canada’s Great Prairie Socialist, Wasn’t Always So Beloved
https://jacobin.com/2019/06/tommy-douglas-ndp-ccf-socialist-medicare

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/topic/0d1b209a-77c9-4204-b2f1-ca395c7c61fa/the-late-tommy-douglas-canada-s-venerable-socialist-leader-and-the-father-of-its-single-payer-health-care-system-is-now-revered-as-the-greatest-canadian.-but-in-his-time-he-was-a-radical-and-an-enemy-of-the-establishment.RSS for NodeMon, 06 Apr 2026 13:42:26 GMTThu, 02 Apr 2026 18:56:20 GMT60<![CDATA[Reply to "The late Tommy Douglas, Canada’s venerable socialist leader and the father of its single-payer health care system, is now revered as the 'greatest Canadian.' But in his time, he was a radical and an enemy of the establishment." on Thu, 02 Apr 2026 19:52:02 GMT]]>@AnnieBuddy very unambitious, not very pragmatic. (Haha, jk, couldn't agree more!)

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://cosocial.ca/ap/users/116280692803499131/statuses/116336854458496910https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://cosocial.ca/ap/users/116280692803499131/statuses/116336854458496910Thu, 02 Apr 2026 19:52:02 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to "The late Tommy Douglas, Canada’s venerable socialist leader and the father of its single-payer health care system, is now revered as the 'greatest Canadian.' But in his time, he was a radical and an enemy of the establishment." on Thu, 02 Apr 2026 19:39:20 GMT]]>@dyckron

Enemy of the establishment does not seem like such a bad thing to be when the establishment is a life sucking parasite

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