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[–] [email protected] 15 points 8 months ago (3 children)

Yeah because that's what all the money is going towards. Definitely not the incredible news coverage and investigative journalism. There's also this wild thing called "cultural programming" the CBC does, like highlighting and funding Canadian media and stories.

Fuck all the people like you complaining about them taking your tax dollars. If everyone paid equally for it, their current budget totals ~$3/month for every Canadian. If you wanna bitch about wasted tax dollars, how about we talk about the tens of billions in subsidies going to oil and gas?

[–] [email protected] 2 points 8 months ago

Their articles are also extremely dishonest half the time. They seem to ignore any nuance in issues that very much require it to rile people up.

[–] [email protected] 14 points 8 months ago

You can think this all you want, but they absolutely are the party of the working class. They constantly push for policies that would benefit the working class and most vulnerable people in the country, and advocate for solutions to issues that would actually change the status quo. Their proposal for electoral reform is the best any party has come up with. They've also been the only party showing up to union rallies and picket lines during strikes.

While the Cons and Liberals have been voting together on a lot of bills, the NDP has been fighting against their neolib garbage. They might not be perfect, but your "they're all the same" garbage only makes sure we stay in the hellish austerity cycle we're stuck in.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 9 months ago

Motherfucker I am Jewish. Don't lecture me on this shit. Maybe we've been saying it's a genocide for 70 years because it actually has been. Israel has broken every agreement and treaty they've signed, murdering Palestinians and stealing their homes all with the backing of the most powerful nations in the world. If you wanna talk about supporting terrorists, maybe look into who funded Hamas for decades. Suprise, it's Israel.

If genocide isn't the right term, you should maybe tell that to the leading genocide researchers and historians telling us that's exactly what is happening. Or maybe just read what Israel itself is putting out there.

Israel doesn't represent Jews. They are Zionists and fascists. Never again means never again for anyone, anywhere.

[–] [email protected] 9 points 9 months ago

"Homes on public lands" is very different from "public housing". Public housing would work towards fixing the problem, what they seem to be suggesting only makes it worse.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 10 months ago (3 children)

This is part of the problem, Toronto specifically has to pay for two highways that are almost entirely used by people who don't pay for them. Building that middle density housing would fix a lot, but we'd actually still be in a difficult financial position, because municipalities here are so limited in how they can generate income. The province can override any decision a municipality makes whenever they want, and that neede to change.

[–] [email protected] 9 points 10 months ago (7 children)

Not without funding they can't. Cities got all the responsibilities for transit and housing, but none of the funding they used to go with it. The feds and provinces need to pay up, and fund cities properly, or give them autonomy to find their own funding sources.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 10 months ago

The guy said that Hamas is fine because he doesn't think there are any Israeli civilians. Something even Hamas disagrees with. When he refers to "both sides" here, he means that he doesn't agree both sides have human beings getting hurt.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago)

He was talking about the genocide going on in Gaza right now, and said that there were no Israeli civilians, because they're colonizers. Here is a link to the bit of the podcast. Really braindead, bloodthirsty, and (I don't use this lightly, because Israel loves using the term to push their propaganda) bordering on antisemitic take. Especially when Hamas themselves are saying to the press that "any civilian causalities are unintentional".

Stacked with his really bad takes on the Ukraine war, and it gets me thinking nobody should be listening to the guy.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 10 months ago (1 children)

Brother, what the fuck are you talking about?

[–] [email protected] 5 points 10 months ago

Hey did you know that "as a conservative" you're a horrible person? I can't imagine willingly chaining myself to a party that sells out every public service they can to make a buck, all while trying to outlaw trans and gay people.

 

Can we PLEASE make the top bar be customizable already? Or at least filter NSFW by default? It's a really bad look whenever I open this and "jailbait" is at the top of my screen almost every time.

#kbinMeta

 

So, how do Reputation Points work? Because I'm a little confused how I'm at -5. Is that system still under construction?

#kbinMeta

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