villasv

@villasv@lemmy.ca

mostly inactive, lemmy.ca is now too tainted with trolls from big instances we’re not willing to defederate

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villasv, (edited )

Parents that are overfeeding their child with tons of food everyday are immoral and they should be put in prison for that in my opinion because a child doesn’t understand the long term social ramifications of obesity.

It’s already “illegal” to be negligent regarding a kids diet to the point of causing health issues, and losing custody for making kids obese has been a controversial position riddled with challenging edge cases for a long time.

However if an adult is obese then they should pay more taxes, pay double bus fare and pay double the price for airplane tickets as a result of their unhealthy lifestyle.

Obese people already pay dearly for existing in multiple ways, from lower wages and employability levels to being forced to use transportation devices designed to not accommodate them, to having read shit like this on the Internet on a daily basis.

Yes, there is an expenditure burden due to healthcare costs, but so there is for pretty much everything. Having cancer isn’t illegal, nor is sitting with bad posture. People will suffer the consequences of their health issues already, we don’t have to fuck them up any more.

Side note: people are not obese necessarily because they’re lazy, there are multiple factors at play; and being fat isn’t a disease so comparing with cancer isn’t even necessary. Should we make being too old or anti-social illegal as well?

Because cardiovascular is number 1 cause of death in Canada and we should never encourage people to live unhealthy lifestyles that cause cardiovascular disease.

Sure thing, let’s ban cars before making having a certain body type a punishable offence.

villasv,

The original thesis is moot anyway. Anything politicians decide is political by nature…? How would it not be?

villasv, (edited )

The title is a good starting point lol

villasv,

I forced myself to watch this garbage because I think it’s important to know the talking points of the opposition. I’ve gathered the worst moments - spoiler, it’s the whole video.

That dream has faded

The Canadian dream has become a nightmare

This dream has become a fantasy

It is nearly impossible to buy a home in Canada

Who wants to spend 2 million dollars on a home like this? When you can get a mansion in Austin for the same amount?

Each application for an apartment is met with hundreds of competing applications

Rents continue to rise uncontrollably and will do so for years to come

All of this is compounded by the inability of the government to help

Many would argue [dumb shit]

Citizens who owns homes are often against development as it would lower the value of the properties

A part of the reason taxes and red tape continues to increase is the government is growing faster than the population.

The final nail for housing affordability? Foreign investment.

Money laundering is just as easy as ever

Canadians spend more on gas than any other G7 country [ and the whole section on carbon tax is so disingenuous ]

In most contries, such a deal would most likely be stopped or delayed

To startup a bank is nearly impossible in Canada

The US has low levels of market concentration [lmao]

7% of Canadians go out of the border

The US is much more dynamic

The way the video ends on a hopeful note for Poilievre winning, this is obviously propaganda.

villasv,

I think it does match the content because the whole video is disingenuous and sensationalist.

villasv, (edited )

why people do videos like this and think that Poilievre is going to be able to “fix” all this.

Poilievre doesn’t have to come with solutions. If you look at the wave of right-wing election winners across the globe since the 10’s, the one thing in common is that they tune the voters into “things can’t keep going on this direction!” mode, and by presenting themselves as the ones bringing change, they funnel all the misguided fears and hopes.

In fact, I was surprised this video even got to explicitly advocate for the “smaller government” bullshit, because that’s veering into solutionizing a bit. But then again, it’s the oldest conservative talking point after trampling minorities so the audience will eat it like hot cake.

if it’s propaganda it’s just about sowing doubt.

100%, the whole video screams anti-Trudeau propaganda

villasv, (edited )

Lmao yes, and the rest of the video is “big corporations and foreign investors are screwing us over”, then hints at electing the party most likely to cater to the wishes of those with big pockets.

villasv, (edited )

unstated: because government has abandoned social responsibility

Oh that is very much stated

so I hope the guy who explicitly shits on the government having any social responsibility wins

100% that’s the tone of the video, cognitive dissonance to the max. It’s amazing how immediately following the talking point about red tape and government intervention causing high prices on everything, they pivot to the case that the government should have stopped Rogers and Shaw merger.

villasv,

Pass legislation requiring publishers that sell or license video games or that sell related features and assets for said games to do the following once they end support for said games: leave their games in a functional state, and remove any mandatory connections to the publisher or affiliated parties necessary for said games to function;

How enforceable is this legislation in face of games that simply cannot function without multiplayer? The developers of a game similar to Among Us would be forced to update the game with bots to be compliant?

I signed the petition but can’t say I’m hopeful the Parliament will write good legislation on this…

villasv,

they need to open the code enough for fans to keep the game functional

That makes sense. Another commenter pointed out that even for defunct MMORPGs people were able to spin up their own servers to keep the game alive. If companies are forced to provide something to help that, it’s already a win.

I’m not hopeful Canada would be able to pass legislation forcing companies to open source things, though. Maybe if this was the EU lol our track record of fighting tech companies hasn’t been pretty.

villasv,

fans wouldn’t have to implement their own (which they did for those two games)

Wow, TIL. People are amazing.

Convoy leader Pat King heads to trial (www.cbc.ca)

One of the most polarizing figures to gain notoriety during what became known as the Freedom Convoy in Ottawa more than two years ago will stand trial Monday, signalling the tail end of criminal proceedings that have dogged hundreds of individuals who participated in the historic protest....

villasv,

that’d probably set a precedence for the justice system to be used to deter politically motivated protests

You need not waste your empathy with this guy because there’s ample precedence already, including earlier rulings for other members of the Convoy. His sentencing even on maximum penalty would change nothing on the already precarious position of righteous civil disobedience for reasonable causes.

villasv,

developers are getting desperate

no one is buying condos anymore

This is some YouTuber clickbaity bullshit way to phrase it, can’t take these posts seriously

Amazon Prime's NHL deal breaches cable TV's last line of defence: live sports (www.cbc.ca)

For years, cable TV has bled viewers and subscribers to streaming giants like Netflix, Apple and Amazon. Now, those same companies are vying to stream live sports, one of the last lines of defence when it comes to audiences paying big bucks for traditional cable packages....

villasv,

How is this breaching the last line of defence if the first thing to note is that AppleTV and Netflix had already done so

villasv,

The leagues won’t survive if paywalls go up. Watching your team “for free” via OTA broadcast TV is how they got so big in the first place.

These franchises have local monopolies. There’s no substitute, no competition, so there’s little risk of “not surviving”. Countries that are serious about soccer (EU/LatAm) will have several teams per city and each team will take part in a dozen independent leagues, but if you move to Canada each city has this one Hockey/Soccer team that matters, and the one league that matter is the NHL/MLS.

villasv,

Yeah, we are definitely starting from different assumptions. I don’t see people pivoting their life-long passions often enough I guess.

villasv, (edited )

CBC’s headline (“Canadian economy grew 0.2% in February”) is factual - though I’d prefer if they just said GDP instead of “economy”

“Canada’s economy is losing momentum” is an unqualified statement so it can’t be factual - it doesn’t mention the measurement, aggregation bucket or the comparison baseline. It’s falsifiable but still quite subjective, because if you measure at a quarter-level analysts called it “decent”. Their opening paragraph is more objective than the headline:

The Canadian economy lost momentum in February as it grew at a slower pace than both analyst expectations and Statistics Canada’s previous prediction

And if you yank out the unnecessary subjective addition:

The Canadian economy grew in February at a slower pace than both analyst expectations and Statistics Canada’s previous prediction

You can see how that would have made a more factual but less dramatic headline

Canada’s economy grew in February less than predictions

villasv,

It’s a fucked up system because students depend on having jobs in the first place…

Pierre Poilievre Wants a Carbon Tax Election | The Walrus (thewalrus.ca)

REMEMBER BREXIT? That time a Conservative Party directed widespread voter frustration at a single easy scapegoat, smothered the public with misinformation, and were rewarded with their biggest electoral victory in decades? Something similar is happening today in Canada....

villasv,

I honestly would have let the Liberals get away with not implementing the Carbon Tax if bringing it in would become the turning point for Conservatives to win the next election. But it’s hard to really say this with any certainty, these morons would have found something else to latch on. Capital Gains, Immigration, CCP, fucking dental care even.

villasv,

at all costs

is the only way forward

who’s saying this tho

villasv,

What a braindead headline to just say that the GDP per capita did not meet a projection based on the 10y average

The report highlights that Canada’s real GDP grew 1.1 per cent in 2023, the slowest pace – excluding the COVID-19-related shock in 2020 – since 2016.

Which is not great but not devastating news anyway? Kind of expected for an economy that barely went by without a major recession and is still struggling with high inflation.

villasv,

It’s a great blessing that BC United and BC Cons are wasting each other’s time by dividing the right-wing voter base. Even the greens, which captures some neoliberals on bicycles. It’s the perfect storm to have a moderate centre-left provincial government that actually gets shit done (especially Ravi Kahlon). Gives me hope that democracy can be functional.

villasv,

No sympathies for Brenda Locke and the stubbornness against the police transition though

villasv,

What incentive do people like me have to save, when inflation and cost of living are on the trajectory that they’re currently on? […] And in 5 years, that saved money will be worth less than it is today.

Saving shouldn’t mean hoarding money, it should mean investing. You should be able to find some cheap index funds out there that will help you beat inflation.

19,000 homes are permanently listed as short-term rentals, B.C. government says (www.cbc.ca)

A provincial rule to limit short-term rentals to a homeowner’s principal residence plus one secondary suite or accessory dwelling comes into force in British Columbia on May 1 in 60 communities, while 17 additional communities have chosen to opt into the rules, despite being exempt....

villasv, (edited )

I certainly save money by not getting into debt

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