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That response provided zero historical context. Balance isn't what the question was asking for. The question was roughly, 'why do Albertans keep voting against their own best interests' and a number of really good and thoughtful answers were given and when you boil them down to the truth of those answers, saying simply that "both sides see the other through the lens of past grievances" really does absolve one side of this (that bears virtually all of the responsibility for these issues) of their sins.