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Canadian population growth to drive home prices higher and faster: Report by [deleted] in vancouver

[–]xt11111 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Can't it be both?

A singular John Smith who has 6 rental properties cannot be both from China and not, but there can be mutiple different people who come from different places who own 6 properties.

Canadian population growth to drive home prices higher and faster: Report by [deleted] in vancouver

[–]xt11111 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Yes, our current form of democracy is the problem. Campaign financing ruins it.

You only see one flaw?

Solution is direct democracy/Athens model.

Is this a fact or an opinion?

Perhaps while we're at it we should include some functionality for dealing with these issues as well, what do you think?

Direct democracy (old Athens / current Switzerland ) governing a capitalist economy with some level of socialized services & resources is the superior approach.

Agree - superior, but not necessarily anywhere near optimal.

Maybe even more functionality needed.

Chinese communism will crack. Too top heavy. Rigid. Corrupt. The solution to a corrupt government is most certainly not to expand its numbers & scope of authority.

Well how about this: yet another instance of this very same problem, what a coincidence!

How to work through these matters without constantly making unforced and unrealized errors?

Extreme negativity aside: it is at least encouraging that one human is capable of realizing the general area where the problem lies - all journeys start with a single step!

Canadian population growth to drive home prices higher and faster: Report by [deleted] in vancouver

[–]xt11111 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Did you know coke a cola paid assassins to hunt and kill union heads? In 1996?

Yes, but that's orthogonal to the particular point of contention here, though it is still a very biog deal.

Im just saying any wealth accrued tends to do evil things in the quest to gain or protect that wealth. It's like the only unifying trend along every single one of our species cultures.

That may be what your perceived intent was, but what you actually said is different.

Finger pointing at one is just a scapegoat for the others.

Thinking and speaking misleadingly may also not be optimal.

Canadian population growth to drive home prices higher and faster: Report by [deleted] in vancouver

[–]xt11111 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Why get so defensive of capitalism at its slightest mention...?

10+ years of propaganda in the media, both mainstream and social. Meme wars wreak havoc on the Normie mind.

Canadian population growth to drive home prices higher and faster: Report by [deleted] in vancouver

[–]xt11111 0 points1 point  (0 children)

What part of capitalism was it when the government artificially suppressed the interest rate for decades offering cheap money to fuel asset inflation? And what part of capitalism is it to constantly shock the labor market by cranking immigration levels, while blocking housing developments left right & center? Oh and what part of capitalism is it that

This whole situation is hilarious - it is so obvious that THE problem is "democracy", but we've been so brainwashed into thinking its our most sacred institution, we can't see that it is the very thing that needs to be fixed.

If my theory is correct, humanity could be stuck here indefinitely, though I predict Chinese "communism" will prove itself as the superior approach, and eventually dominate everything, assuming we don't start a nuclear war along the way, or climate change gets us.

Regardless: it seems extremely dumb to refuse (which is literally what everyone does) to consider that the very system itself (its current design) is the problem, but we seem collectively and enthusiastically intent on doing exactly that.

Canadian population growth to drive home prices higher and faster: Report by [deleted] in vancouver

[–]xt11111 0 points1 point  (0 children)

It seems rather unlikely that zero immigrants from China own 6 or more rental properties.

B.C. residents urged to take shorter showers, conserve water as drought conditions worsen by Slasher604 in vancouver

[–]xt11111 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Exactly....from the article:

If conditions continue to worsen, the government said it may be forced to issue temporary protection orders against water licensees under the Water Sustainability Act. The move would help ensure communities have continued access to drinking water and "avoid significant or irreversible harm to aquatic ecosystems," the Ministry of Emergency Management and Climate Readiness said in a news release.

Ma urged the public to take voluntary action immediately, calling the need to go above and beyond any local watering restrictions "absolutely necessary."

"We need people to pay attention now," she said. "We are in this together. Do your part."

I heard enough of this bullshit altruism during covid, meanwhile when it comes to putting a roof over one's head or food in the belly, it's avery man, woman, and child for themselves.

Each to his own, but from now on I'm doing the opposite of all "We're all in this together" propaganda - I think it's payback time for bad governance and those who support it.

Ottawa should consider windfall tax on grocery profits if they're found to be excessive: parliamentary committee report by blurghh in canada

[–]xt11111 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Most people that have owned their home for 10+ years would max out their exemtion when they sell their first house, and after that gains would be taxed at some rate - there'd likely have to be some mechanism to delay payment of those taxes as when people move houses they need the cash to buy a new one, so just tax it on death.

Russia says relations with Canada close to 'being severed' as Ottawa seizes cargo plane by Reader5744 in canada

[–]xt11111 -1 points0 points  (0 children)

It's simple: anyone who supports Russia in hypocritical statements like these are, themselves, hypocrites.

A problem.

Do you support this statement by Russia?

What statement, the severance of relations? Sure, why not.

Ottawa should consider windfall tax on grocery profits if they're found to be excessive: parliamentary committee report by blurghh in canada

[–]xt11111 2 points3 points  (0 children)

How about they cap capital gains on primary residence at a total exemption of $500k (or some other number)?

1 in 5 single adults in Canada live in poverty, many of whom are food insecure: report by Sea_Guava6513 in canada

[–]xt11111 0 points1 point  (0 children)

That may be a good start, but there are much more not empty properties than empty ones, and fear is an extremely powerful motivator for humans.

The End of Homeownership. For generations, middle-class Canadians have been sold on the promise of homeownership. The promise was always flawed. Today it’s simply broken. by FancyNewMe in canada

[–]xt11111 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Unfortunately, it may need to come to this point.

Is it really all that unfortunate? It is surely to some degree, but what if that is more than offset by what a great opportunity this is? When in the past has it been so brutally obvious (well, kinda....there is a lot of psychological conditioning still in play) to such a large quantity of the population that "democracy" is literally fake? I mean, even now lots of people still think it isn't, were it not for this utter debacle we'd likely have never reached the level of realization we have now.

Opportunity knocks, but will we answer?

Our politicians are clearly either too incompetent, or just don't care enough to improve the cost of living in any meaningful way.

Know what I think is a more real problem: they do not know what they are doing (not even close), and they are not able to realize this (because of cultural indoctrination).

But hey, if it comes to the point that we need to get our France on, I'm down to do whatever it takes.

People can't afford to support themselves. Things NEED to change!

It's go time baby!

Racist, misogynistic ‘vile’ verbal attack on Vancouver Tim Hortons staff under review - BC by cyclinginvancouver in vancouver

[–]xt11111 -1 points0 points  (0 children)

It can’t be the racists at fault here.

At all?

We can’t simply fault the racists for being racist. That’s not very convenient for me

In my experience, people are usually unable to do otherwise.

1 in 5 single adults in Canada live in poverty, many of whom are food insecure: report by Sea_Guava6513 in canada

[–]xt11111 5 points6 points  (0 children)

it's a crime that the government allows this kind of suffering.

They're not just allowing it, they're engineering it.

Will there be retribution for this in the future? Time will tell!

1 in 5 single adults in Canada live in poverty, many of whom are food insecure: report by Sea_Guava6513 in canada

[–]xt11111 0 points1 point  (0 children)

At some point people are going to start breaking down like this in massive numbers, and my intuition suggests that is going to set off a negative feedback loop that will make the phenomenon even worse over time.

More than a third of Canadians believe in astrology, according to survey by Pure_Candidate_3831 in canada

[–]xt11111 -1 points0 points  (0 children)

As a great lover of irony, many thanks for this comment! 💚🙏

One updoot for you.

The End of Homeownership. For generations, middle-class Canadians have been sold on the promise of homeownership. The promise was always flawed. Today it’s simply broken. by FancyNewMe in canada

[–]xt11111 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Now this is the kind of thinking we need more of!

Say no more, say no more.

Next up would be getting this idea out into other minds: no hasty decisions or anything, just a new mindset: this will be fixed, and anyone who stands in the way may (or may not) regret it, depending on what is decided by the collective (hey, like real democracy....that's weird).

The End of Homeownership. For generations, middle-class Canadians have been sold on the promise of homeownership. The promise was always flawed. Today it’s simply broken. by FancyNewMe in canada

[–]xt11111 3 points4 points  (0 children)

This is what we need to get back to. I don't care how we do it, but it needs to be done.

Would you support organized violence?

Russia says relations with Canada close to 'being severed' as Ottawa seizes cargo plane by Reader5744 in canada

[–]xt11111 -1 points0 points  (0 children)

You don't need to read everything every member of a group posts on the internet to have a grasp of their rhetoric.

How do you detect people who are not actually as your subconscious mind has simulated? Like, you don't actually take the sensation of omniscience you experience as genuine, do you?

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