RE: https://flipboard.com/@ctvnews/edmonton-05m5ijd8z/-/a-7ljvoynBQQagYRfcnjOdGg%3Aa%3A2823982346-%2F0

OMG! 😂

If there was a better statement of where things are at in #NeoLiberalParadise right now, I don’t know what that might be.

@fname That is weird.
@FlashMobOfOne
I’m sure as someone figures out how to monetize food bank use, that’s next.
@fname That'll be tougher. Food banks are non-profit.
@FlashMobOfOne
That’s the joke.

@FlashMobOfOne
You see, in Canada (and probably globally), banks are some of the key beneficiaries of neoliberal policies, which has resulted in a massively distorted economy and pushed a lot of folks who would normally be considered ‘middle class’ towards poverty. One of the symptoms of this has been that low-price retailers like dollar-stores have been thriving. So banks to trying to capitalize on this trend is deeply ironic.

Pushing that even further, by suggesting that the banks’ next opportunity is to find a way to monetize food bank use is an example of a rhetorical device known as ‘reductio ad absurdum’.

@fname Thank you for the info.