Since the start of the strike, I have often heard that François Legault lacks vision. That he doesn’t think “long term” enough. That by leading Quebec like someone who does not take health and education seriously at all, the great leader of the CAQ will end up trapping us in a situation that is simply untenable. Not enough teachers! Not enough nurses! So imagine that. The end of our most essential services.
Because at a given moment, it is clear that no one is obliged to go into these professions either, especially if the working conditions have become abominable and salaries are still struggling to catch up with the cost of the life. Something must be done, Mr. Legault. You have to see in the long term!
But us people? What has been our long-term vision over the last fifteen years? What was our genius plan when it came time to elect our governments? Did we think in the long term, the rest of us, when we decided to vote for the status quo, again and again and again, very fat in our lack of imagination?
And next time, what are we going to do? Are we still going to vote for those who openly let our public structures collapse while waiting for their friends in the private sector to finally come out of the shadows to seduce us with their “efficiency” of business “competitive”? Yes of course. Because we are the ones who are incapable of thinking in the long term, basically.
Legault, Charest, the PLQ, the PQ des “lucides”, the CAQ… It is not a lack of long-term vision, their game. On the contrary. It is that of planned obsolescence. Poison the village water until we all decide to pay for bottled water. Let’s all convince ourselves that the well wasn’t a good idea anyway, and then never talk about it again.