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Towards a superior and egalitarian stage of development. Evidence based leftism.
Montreal, Canada
Joined August 2021
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BREAKING: Visual Effects (VFX) crews at Marvel Studios have filed for a unionization election with the National Labor Relations Board.
This signals a major shift in the VFX industry, which has been largely non-union since the 70s.
VFX WORKERS ASSEMBLE!! vfxunion.org
While workers of the arts fight for recognition, the reality is their value is without limit.
Art is an expression of our identities & cultures. Of our dreams, realities & nightmares. It's the center of amazing communities. It's in how we talk, eat, laugh, dance, sing & build.
While the actors you recognize on TV and in the cinema tend to be very wealthy, the average SAG-AFTRA actor makes 40K per year.
That's 31% below the US National average.
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“As a health economist, you become aware very quickly that we use the healthcare system to treat the consequences of poverty, and we do it in an inefficient and expensive way." - Dr Evelyn L. Forget
The best way to improve public health is to reduce poverty.
In the 70s, the small Manitoba town of Dauphin was part of a 4 years long experiment. Mincome.
Wanting to address rural poverty, the average family was assured a minimal income of 16k/year.
Results? 1/2
The Nordic Model wants to express its solidarity with the over 150 thousand federal government workers currently on strike in Canada.
This is one of the largest strikes in decades for the country. The unity displayed is nothing less than commandable.
Tests all across the world have shown it.
Basic Income programs decrease malnutrition, benefit overall health and result in higher educational engagement among both adults and minors. All of which, without disincentivizing employment in any significant way.
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Eden was a longtime friend. She always had a way of making people feel welcomed and supported. To bring laughter into a group.
When her family should've supported her, they sabotaged her instead. They didn't love her. But we did.
Rest in Power, Eden. We love you. We miss you.
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Happy Valentines Day! ❤️
RFSU (Swedish Association for Sexuality Education) makes sex toys, condoms etc. and use the profits for their sexual education. It has radical socialist roots.
They had an 8% condom market share in Sweden in 1968, now it is about 90%.
Use protection 😘
In 1942 the Canadian 🇨🇦 government founded the Polymer Corporation which produced synthetic rubber to replace the natural rubber which was in short supply during the war
It was a very innovative and profitable Crown Corporation 🍁 not just serving International security
If the US wants more semiconductor manufacturing domestically then direct ownership is worth considering like France, Italy, Taiwan, UAE and China.
The #1 amusement park in Finland 🇫🇮 is Linnanmäki which is owned by a children's foundation that was founded by multiple children's charities/institutions that also founded the park in 1950
The #3 amusement park in Finland 🇫🇮 is Tykkimäki which was founded in 1986 by the first foundation, but is also later owned by the city of Kouvola (where it is located), a municipally owned corp. and the local consumer cooperative, however not clear if all still own it, but...
