Episode Details

In this episode of Based Camp, Malcolm and Simone Collins dissect the viral chaos from the 2026 NDP Leadership Convention in Canada, where “equity cards” turned policy debates into a full-blown oppression Olympics. What started as yellow cards for “gender equity” (letting anyone not identifying as a cis man jump the speaking queue) quickly spiraled as delegates printed their own colored cards for race, indigeneity, disability, and more—leading to endless bickering over who was the most oppressed and deserved to speak first.

We laugh at the absurdity (and yes, they still elected a white guy), but we go deeper: How do these systems develop? Why do progressive coalitions inevitably fracture over hidden hierarchies of oppression? And most importantly—how can this self-sabotaging dynamic be strategically triggered to expose the contradictions in identity politics?

From the “progressive stack” to real-world examples like Occupy Wall Street and internal leftist schisms (Palestine vs. Black activists, anyone?), we explore how allowing even one group special privileges creates a cascade that destroys institutions from within. A masterclass in why equity isn’t equality—and why this parasitoid-like behavior accelerates the collapse of woke-infected organizations.

If you’ve ever wondered how to make the left eat itself without direct confrontation, this one’s for you. Grab your popcorn (and maybe some colored cardstock).

Episode Transcript

Malcolm Collins: [00:00:00] I think too often we see something like this and we laugh about it, and what we don’t see is.

Oh, oh. That’s a trap that we can lay out in the future. You say, well, as a cis man, I believe that trans women. Should always be able to speak first due to their oppression was in our society.

Simone Collins: You just gotta kick it off. Yeah. You know, you just, you drop in. Yep. Yep. Mm-hmm. And you walk

Malcolm Collins: out,

and then, but as a white man. You know, you can’t understand what it feels like to be black and to see a trans woman speak before me and then I say, whoa, you are right.

We need to create a table with a hierarchy of oppressed categories. Mm-hmm.

And of course, I will recuse myself because. I have no role in this

Simone Collins: conversation. No. Yeah, no.

Would you like to know more?

Malcolm Collins: Hello Simone. I’m excited to be here with you [00:01:00] today. Today we are going to be diving deep into, we have seen it on other rightwing YouTubers, commentators, podcasters. There was a sort of viral conference or a series of events at a conference where points of privilege cards were assigned at the NDP.

Conference, which is the Canadian political Party, which is in the process of falling apart right now. It helps very little power at this point in fighting where one speaker, and I won’t subject you to too many clips of actually what’s happening at the conference because either you have already seen them or they are just so cringe.

They’re a little painful to watch, I’m gonna be honest.

Speaker 2: Hi, Akua friend, prong pronouns.

She her Whippy Ontario. I would like to echo the sentiments of my friend Robert here yesterday, this card. Was used in an inappropriate matter.

And while I understand in Ontario, we know this is [00:02:00] equity, even if that this was also used inappropriate in terms of gender. I want everyone to be mindful that these cards for individuals like myself who identify as a black woman have no value outside of this space. Hey, look at that. Look at that. No s**t.

Many of us are living in most the most oppressive conservative governments across this country. I’m from Ontario. A lot of you are dealing with this in places like Alberta as well as Saskatchewan. To abuse. The privilege of this card means