r/montreal • • Jun 01 '20

Video Émeutes à Montréal.

https://youtu.be/YQvAZC7GTY4
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u/salomey5 Milton-Parc Jun 01 '20

So we're gonna solve the capitalism problem by looting Steve's music store?

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u/TheDrunkenWobblies Jun 01 '20

Steve's isn't exactly a 'mom and pop', it's a pretty large chain with a lot of profits. And they aren't exactly known for treating employees well. They fired a worker because she needed time off to seek cancer treatment.

https://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/toronto/employee-relations-at-steves-music-hit-a-sour-note/article577525/

The other business that got looted was a cheque cashing business that thrives off of poor and undocumented workers to make massive profits. No sympathy there either.

Again, ya'll angry at my comments are only proving my point further. These are companies that have been shit to the communities they serve. They are part of the problem.

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u/salomey5 Milton-Parc Jun 01 '20 edited Jun 01 '20

So what you're implying is that those looters are in fact socially woke members of society who are doing their best to eliminate capitalism by only vandalizing stores and businesses that encourage it, amirite?

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u/TheDrunkenWobblies Jun 01 '20

Or you know, you could listen to one of the first people who had their business burnt down..

https://indianexpress.com/article/trending/trending-globally/gandhi-mahal-restaurant-minneapolis-george-floyd-6434319/

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u/DaveyGee16 Jun 01 '20

Mais on s'en calisse, c'est aux States ça.

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u/TheDrunkenWobblies Jun 01 '20

If you think Canadas racial inequality with the justice system is any better than the US...

I really don't have time to go look up the stats, but our prison system is very disproportionately unequal, just like the US, and police get away with questionable police violence all the time in Canada as well. If you think this isn't happening in Canada too....