What the fuck are you talking about? This is about as correct of a statement you could have on this topic.
Maybe your anti-union bullshit needs a reminder that union workers literally died for your rights as a worker. Y'know, like having weekends and child labour laws?
Killer music scene with the Horsehoe Tavern, Cameron House, Velvet Underground, Lees Palace, and tonnes of others. Amazing restaurants of all kinds in the city, largely thanks to the MASSIVE immigrant population here. Amazing architecture, including some of the best examples of Brutalism you'll find anywhere in the world. The Toronto Islands are unlike anything I've seen in any other city. The largest streetcar network in North America that creates a very different streetscape vibe to anything else. Festivals like Taste of the Danforth and other street festivals highlight some amazing culture in the city, on top of TIFF being one of the largest film festivals in the world. And Kensington Market deserves a special shoutout for being unlike any neighbourhood I've been to yet.
You can criticize Toronto for not doing enough to support local culture, which I would agree that the Tory and Ford years really did a number on it, but it's outright wrong to say there is nothing special or distinctive about Toronto.
“Like New York without all the stuff.”
This line is said exclusively by people who walk down Bay Street and think that's the whole city.
Toronto has tonnes of its own character, and calling it "empty" makes me think you've never spent any time in it.
Sure. Why not.
It's more nuanced than that, but if you're going to reduce it to make your vague pro-Nazi point, then fuck off, yes throw them all in prison.
@spaduf it's not real, it's a spez protest community with no posts or subscribers. Honestly should just be removed.
I think Jacob Geller is the best video essayist out there, he posts a nebula exclusive for all of his videos too.
I'm gonna be honest, I saw this coming. Maybe it's because I've had experiences with abusive media companies (though not nearly this severe), but when I saw Madison left with no real explanation, I had a feeling something was up. I still follow one of the women who was on their camera team, and she posted some vague but knowing comments after the news first came out that Madison quit.
Fuck these egotistical tech bros that think they own the world because they got lucky. The worst part is they'll never understand that they did something wrong.
When I was still watching I remember he said if LMG ever tried to unionize he would take it as a personal failure. The intention of that statement may mean well, but it's a really not great view to have and profess. Unions can (and should) maintain a good relationship between the workers and management.
Yes? That's how art has always worked.
Higher energy density is going to be needed for sure, but as a brutalism evangelist, I'm gonna take this chance to say we could just make the whole building out of concrete so it's all one big battery.
I got in a fight with somebody on Instagram who decided to do a whole reel on how this is NJB "hurting urbanism". I disagreed with them entirely, but I'm glad to not be seeing his awful points repeated here.
Are there problems with Jason's view? Absolutely, but he's also not speaking on behalf of anyone other than himself. There straight up are massive amounts of the US and Canada that I don't think are ever fixable, short of razing them and restarting. And the problem with advocacy to fix them is that there's so many issues that compound to make them horrible places, that no advocacy group will be able to win anything. Putting in bike lanes only works when there are places to bike to (and we can't even seem to get good bike lanes right here).
He literally closes with "it can get better, but it cannot be fixed within your children's lifetimes". Specifically referring to the US there. He isn't discouraging anyone from advocating, just explaining why he himself does not for NA.
Unions can't do anything for people they don't represent. Especially when there's been rampant union busting and propaganda leading to a massive drop in union memberships and solidarity actions.
They've been trying, but when people vote against unionization, there's little they can do.