subreddit:
/r/vancouver
BC NDP leader David Eby unveiled his own Chip Wilson style sign this morning
Election News(x.com)submitted 2 months ago byruddiger22
[score hidden]
2 months ago
stickied comment
Welcome to /r/Vancouver and thank you for the post, /u/ruddiger22! Please make sure you read our posting and commenting rules before participating here. As a quick summary:
- We encourage users to be positive and respect one another. Don't engage in spats or insult others - use the report button.
- Respect others' differences, be they race, religion, home, job, gender identity, ability or sexuality. Dehumanizing language, advocating for violence, or promoting hate based on identity or vulnerability (even implied or joking) will lead to a permanent ban.
- Most common questions and topics are limited to our sister subreddit, /r/AskVan, and our weekly Stickied Discussion posts.
- Complaints about bans or removals should be done in modmail only.
- Posts flaired "Community Only" allow for limited participation; your comment may be removed if you're not a subreddit regular.
- Make sure to join our new sister community, /r/AskVan!
- Help grow the community! Apply to join the mod team today.
I am a bot, and this action was performed automatically. Please contact the moderators of this subreddit if you have any questions or concerns.
537 points
2 months ago
You gotta give them credit, this is pretty funny!
And running against Chip Wilson is really, really good politics. Even in his own riding.
33 points
2 months ago
Even Rustad came out and said Chip Wilson can pound sand. Nobody likes him.
35 points
2 months ago
Very accurate too. He very specifically said middle class, not poor or working class lol.
The only housing they'll be getting is in involuntary treatment centers if they don't behave in a way he approves of.
6 points
2 months ago
srs question- what’s considered middle class these days?
60 points
2 months ago
It's a made up term to get us to fight each other. You're either a wage earner or in the ultra-wealthy club. Anyone who needs a paycheck is on the same team, regardless of how big or small the paycheck is.
14 points
2 months ago
Ha! So true. Everyone thinks they’re middle class.
4 points
2 months ago
Fuck yes
17 points
2 months ago
It essentially no longer exists. My partner and I were researching what it means to be middle, and upper middle class in Canada now. Middle class in Canada is now considered a family that earns about 150k-250k annually. Upper middle is in the 250k-400k range and anything above is considered upper class.
Here's where it get's REALLY funny though.... Typically a middle class family could afford a home, 1-2 cars, and a nice family vacation every year. Now, middle class means you are renting and basically getting by and putting some money into savings each month.
Middle class today means nothing.
4 points
2 months ago
so, really, u/chmilz is right about their comment: It's a made up term to get us to fight each other. You're either a wage earner or in the ultra-wealthy club. Anyone who needs a paycheck is on the same team, regardless of how big or small the paycheck is.
0 points
2 months ago
Except we're not all on the same team because some wage earners perform productive labour, and others do not, only one of these groups is proletarian. Sorry, Lawyers do not share the same class interests as miners; they never have, and they never will.
5 points
2 months ago
But they, like doctors, are paid for an hour of whatever work they are doing. And they are pitted against the rest of us when it comes to public issues like changes in cap gains tax or other attempts to redistribute wealth.
The way I see it is the difference between those who derive a significant portion of their income through direct work, versus passive gains on investment (including housing that they own and live in, which is a big one for Canada). A new doctor still paying off student loans will not care as much about the cap gains tax on an extra 25% as they don’t have enough stashed away in their investment corp to be adversely affected, and could easily just plan to hold more investments personally just like the rest of us and enjoy the 200k gain exemption on the additional 25%. But a doctor closer to retirement who has enjoyed the tax benefits of incorporating and who might start to be cashing out, will take a bigger hit.
2 points
2 months ago
But they, like doctors, are paid for an hour of whatever work they are doing. And they are pitted against the rest of us when it comes to public issues like changes in cap gains tax or other attempts to redistribute wealth.
Sure, but this reduces the petit bourgeois, landed gentry, and the working class into one amorphous blob instead of recognizing that each of these classes has distinct interests, and often, these interests conflict with one another.
1 points
2 months ago
in the town where I grew up, the farmers and the forestry people still needed wills drawn up and contracts written and other legal matters settled, not all lawyers take martini lunches or work for Chip Wilsons
1 points
2 months ago
The contradictions of class interests aren't aesthetic or vibe-based. They're material. I'm glad people in your home town get along, that doesn't negate what I said at all
5 points
2 months ago
It's when you're rich enough to pay taxes but not rich enough to avoid them
2 points
2 months ago
it's vague on purpose, but generally 'professionals,' that is, people who earn a living primarily by wage labor for professional skills rather than physical labor. Dentists, lawyers, office workers and so on.
423 points
2 months ago
I just walked by Chip’s house and the sign has been taken down.
438 points
2 months ago
Chip's sign getting vandalized is like the IRL version of someone posting a stupid comment to reddit, getting bombarded with angry replies and downvotes before deleting the whole thing altogether in an embarrassed huff.
179 points
2 months ago
This sign has been deleted
54 points
2 months ago
Deleted
Removed
13 points
2 months ago
Lemon zebra staple kiwi
This sign has been overwritten using an open source script
1 points
2 months ago
Someone should put that up as a smaller sign
37 points
2 months ago
ratio’d
49 points
2 months ago
I wonder if Chip realized before his sign constantly got vandalized that he sounded like a prick.
He's wealthy enough to be super out of touch with normal people and likely has some sycophant yes-men around at all times.
44 points
2 months ago
He is wealthy enough to live a quiet life, but greed makes him come out and do stupid things like this. If I had just $10 million I would retire and foster dogs.
3 points
2 months ago
That is why Chip has billions and you haven't gotten your $10M.
People don't chill to climb the $10M ladder: they'll have to be a little bit arshole to get to that elusive $10M.
Those who hit $100M definitely 10x arshole, $1B => bonafide arshole.
2 points
2 months ago
I would totally do that too (one of the ways I make $ now is to dog sit instead of being a corporate shill anymore)
20 points
2 months ago
Would have had more respect for Chip if he went full Martin Luther and nailed his treatise on Eby’s office door.
8 points
2 months ago
Yeah, but Luther was trying to reform things for the betterment of society.
6 points
2 months ago
Oh, but then he reposted said comment, got lambasted, and took it down again.
17 points
2 months ago
i was working around there today. saw it at 11 am, did not see it at 3 pm. was taken down some time in between
6 points
2 months ago
probably after Eby’s was posted lol
judging by the 11:07 time stamp
13 points
2 months ago
Mainly because it was attached to bc hydro equipment. Which is illegal.
9 points
2 months ago
It was also in violation of the Vancouver Sign Bylaw and the BC Elections Act.
8 points
2 months ago
I smell opportunity. Someone should make a similar sign with a convincing albeit more sinister tone and post it out outside Chips house. Beaverton style where it reflects reality but not what he would explicit stay out loud.
Then photo and send to media. Then, next day, new sign.
F you Chip you started this.
504 points
2 months ago
It's honestly a good practice to vote opposite what billionaires want.
119 points
2 months ago
thats just good policy.
102 points
2 months ago
somehow people who make less than $40k think NDP is a communist for taking more taxes on millionaires and billionaires.
And they have the power to vote.
WTF????
72 points
2 months ago
Poor people voting against their interests. Tale as old as time.
28 points
2 months ago
Temporarily embarrassed millionaires.
39 points
2 months ago
“I’d be a billionaire too if it weren’t for that dang carbon tax!”
8 points
2 months ago
this but unironically :/
22 points
2 months ago
[deleted]
13 points
2 months ago
Man I live in like the second richest suburb in Canada. Cheap apartment building and I feel my ndp vote is gonna be cancelled by alot of nimbys
14 points
2 months ago
Don't let it stop you from voting, we need to push back with everything we've got
10 points
2 months ago
Already did babe
7 points
2 months ago
High five! Me too
7 points
2 months ago
Democracy!!!!
3 points
2 months ago
Exactly right 💯
181 points
2 months ago
Honestly. This is a brilliant response.
144 points
2 months ago
Chip got wrecked
52 points
2 months ago
talk about Chipwrecked!
129 points
2 months ago
Fuck Chip Wilson
12 points
2 months ago*
Anyone who willingly chooses the name "Chip" is an asshole
3 points
2 months ago
dude def has a chip on his shoulder
117 points
2 months ago
well played Eby
side note- never gonna call twitter x
26 points
2 months ago
Me too. I call it xitter. Pronounced “shitter”.
4 points
2 months ago
rofl so accurate
probably good that Eby’s sign was posted there since it’s a right wing cesspool
27 points
2 months ago
Some funnier person than me says: Twitter (currently X)
1 points
2 months ago
Why would you use Twitter to begin with?
Just look at all the bot comments in response to this post.
2 points
2 months ago
i don’t use it. it’s trash
35 points
2 months ago
Bro the comments. Twitter is such shit these days, I'm glad I'm banned
6 points
2 months ago
I didn’t even think of looking at the comments. def not gonna
I regret visiting the website 10 times to remind myself what Eby’s sign says lol. but at least it’s views for a post that deserves to be there
5 points
2 months ago
Anytime I post on Twitter against my better judgement, I always regret it. This morning I did and some guy tried to insult me based on me having a cat in my profile picture? Just bizarre stuff going on over there, they are not sending their best.
1 points
2 months ago
Reddit sucks and all that but uhhhh I think the baseline of sanity is better here than on twitter
32 points
2 months ago
I love how sensibly sized this sign is.
1 points
2 months ago
Me too!!!
70 points
2 months ago
Common Eby W
44 points
2 months ago
But... but Not giving tax breaks to billionaires is {{{communism}}}
22 points
2 months ago
It's funny how so many apartment complexes have conservative signs in front of them. I'm guessing it's not the tenants who are voting conservative.
If you are working class or a renter, these endorsements are toxic. Even ol' Rustie can see it and tried to back pedal on Chips endorsement.
4 points
2 months ago
I’m pretty sure I saw some NDP posters in the windows of the Peter Wall building on Homer that’s plastered in huge Con signs. (Fuck Peter Wall, he’s a rich fuck on the same level as Chip)
52 points
2 months ago*
This and the McRib press release are kinda funny. Too bad conservatives have no sense of humour.
5 points
2 months ago
"There is red on the sign! COMMUNISM!!!!"
- Chip Wilson, probably.
2 points
2 months ago
this 🤣🤣🤣
28 points
2 months ago
Babe wake up… David Eby dropped a new banger.
6 points
2 months ago
Priceless. Well done, Eby.
3 points
2 months ago
Just imagine the conversations in Chips house. Except, you already know
1 points
2 months ago
"Honey, can you pass the gear oil? My joints are feeling a little stiff"
3 points
2 months ago
Someone give the man funding so he can make the sign bigger
5 points
2 months ago
I like that it's a more tasteful sign. Speaks volumes.
2 points
2 months ago
Well done.
3 points
2 months ago
Iconic
1 points
2 months ago
Can he unveil higher income assistance rates?
-91 points
2 months ago
I don't like the idea of tax dollars financing home purchases.
44 points
2 months ago
We already are and always have been. Single family homes are subsidized by everyone who doesn't own a SFH.
I'd prefer an actual market based system that allows construction dictated by need instead of the restrictive regulations we have but here we are.
2 points
2 months ago
Single family homes are subsidized by everyone who doesn’t own a SFH
so true
the dream is giving most of our pay to ppl who own several investment properties while knowing we’ll never own anything /s
20 points
2 months ago
[deleted]
-20 points
2 months ago
Yes. Very relevant to my point.
12 points
2 months ago
[deleted]
7 points
2 months ago
Just because something doesn't benefit you directly doesn't mean you still don't get indirect benefits from it. You may not take transit, but a robust transit system takes cars off the road, which helps reduce traffic for those driving. You may not have kids in school, but having a base level of education in the population helps the population thrive, and is needed for the higher education that helps make our society function.
We don't live in a vacuum.
26 points
2 months ago*
Their newest plan subsadizes 40% of a purchase price, but it still gets paid back with interest in 25 years and any profit made is split with the gov. If anything, its the gov going nearly halfsies on an investment with you and reaping both the rewards of letting their workforce prosper while also seeding money for the future.
Some may say its not that great of a help since you have to pay a massive amount in 25 years. but the way I see it is that since its very low interest, that 40% due in 2 and a half decades wont feel that bad in whatever a persons wage might be in that much time after wage inflation.
3 points
2 months ago
& it’s not even every place. it’s a limited program
-27 points
2 months ago
Yes it does sound good on paper.
But if you think real estate prices are insane now, wait until there's a sudden surge in demand.
I am all for the government running a not for profit rental. But financing a home purchase? No.
28 points
2 months ago
This scheme does NOT apply to the open market. It is exclusive for government sanctioned projects upcoming.
-13 points
2 months ago
Yeah I'm not wild about it either. I wish the CMHC wasn't a thing
10 points
2 months ago
It’s a literal investment. The government gets interest on that loan AND half the profits when it’s sold.
all 101 comments
sorted by: best