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The recent provincial election in BC confirmed that being an awful human being is no longer disqualifying in modern politics. For evidence, see: #BrentChapman
@pluralistic lays out a solid tactical plan which, while ostensibly written about countering #Project2025, could be adapted with few alterations into a battle-plan for countering the rise of right-wing politics in Canada:
https://pluralistic.net/2024/07/14/fracture-lines/#disassembly-manual
Switching costs are real. And now quantified for banking.
Reminder: monopolists and oligarchs pay lip service to “competition.” That’s why they are suing to stop this final reg.
From @pluralistic
💯 Totally on board with this. I read Cory's article this morning and realized that is exactly what I was complaining to my banker about a few months back. I would love to give #RBC the boot but it would just be so painful and costly. It should be as easy as changing cell phone provider (or #Mastodon instance for that matter).
Then again these new rules are only for USA. Canadian banks will continue to rape and pillage til the cows come home.
#unions #unionbusting#Ontario #Canada #labour #labor #workersrights #onpoli#OntarioPolitics#CanadianPolitics #cdnpoli #GamingNews #Gaming
the "aggressive, quasi-libertarian, pseudo-scientific, fratty, horndog, boorishly provocative" reactionary, angry-dude discourse.
Women aren't having it, dude. #cdnpoli
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Establishment Economists explaining the Central Bank setting interest rates at 20%, causing massive unemployment, collapse in the housing market, widespread small business failures, and suicides among small business owners and unemployed;
"Well last months M1 and M2 Money Supply numbers combined with high employment were at levels econmists and Central Bankers consider potentially inflationary so they had to do it."
"I don't think journalism is supposed to be "balanced."
It's supposed to be true.
Honest.
Factual.
Relevant.
If candidate 'A' is an arsonist, report they're an arsonist.
You shouldn't have to follow up with a story about how candidate 'B' once burned the steaks at a family BBQ."
-- Brent Butt, Canadian actor
@BrentButt
#cdnpoli #canada#cdnMedia #poilievre