hi everyone I hope you're all well so as most of you will know one of my most cherished things
in the entire world is in fact money and I say that without any degree of Shame money makes you
a better person when used responsibly not only does it enable you to take care of yourself to
become the very best version of yourself that you can possibly be which will in turn benefit
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Glorious Mario go round of free market capitalism that over the past 100 also years has made the
Western World so wealthy and our standards of living so comparatively High compared to other
parts of the world and indeed to other points in history which is why I'm always so puzzled when
leftist activists rear their confused little heads and claim to be anti-capitalist despite
not only the reams of evidence demonstrating capitalism is actually a good thing but also
the reams of evidence demonstrating that other ways of organizing an economy that is socialism
and communism are for lack of a better word crap nevertheless these people exist in droves
and continue to irritate the proverbial crap out of hard-working capitalists like you and
me looking to earn an honest living and create happy prosperous lives for ourselves which is
why it is with no small degree of incredulity shall we say that I inform you of the Toronto
anti-capitalist Cafe called the anarchist that has recently gone bust and is closing
its doors on the 30th of May after only one year of doing business thanks to well a lack
of capital hi everyone it's Daisy here I'm so sorry for this rather unorthodox start to this
video but I have to make a little announcement no sooner had I finished all the final editing
of this video and got it just about ready to upload creating the thumbnail and everything
when I checked the anarchist Cafe's Instagram for thumbnail pictures and found that in fact
thanks to the publicity uh from their closing down they have garnered enough support to stay
open at least for the time being or until the end of the summer as for whether the cafe will remain
open long term well that's certainly Up For Debate because if you continue to watch this video you'll
see the communistic model that the cafe owner would like to run all future business under
and you will see why that absolutely does not work along with the other rather radical
left-wing oddly terrifying ideology that in my opinion are the owner of the cafe has so please
enjoy this video I think it is an entertaining one regardless of the fact that the cafe is staying
open because the moral of the story still holds true capitalism is a good and indeed beautiful
thing and if you fail to recognize that well you yourself are doomed to in fact fail enjoy
but it's not just the irony of these anti-capitalist Cafe closing that should make you
raise your eyebrows it's the alarm ingly radical ideology of the owner that will make you go why
wasn't this guy on a list have a look at this from blog Toronto posted in May last year the anarchist
is a worker-owned anti-capitalist anti-colonial cafe shop and community space Gabriel opened
the space after leaving Vancouver due to its unwelcoming sense of classism though he never felt
comfortable working in a coffee shop in BC he knew if he were to have one of his own it would have to
adopt the values that occupy such a huge part of his life a place devoted to radical leftist
politics Revolution ending capitalism improving the world's economic system that benefits everyone
and not just Elites and most importantly sparking conversations that will help Implement these ideas
other than delicious coffee which Gabriel is most definitely an expert in the shop has a
rich selection of progressive political books that he's selling at wholesale prices I was happy to
try some great light roast espresso here I even tried my first espresso tonic which is something
of a micro revolution in itself I highly recommend paying a visit to Gabriel at 190 Jarvis Street if
not for great coffee or even greater conversation but before I go into the nitty-gritty of just what
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Cafe wasn't anti-capitalist in the sense that it was operated in a communistic way on the
contrary it operated very much as a for-profit business to the point where one of the questions
on the cafe website's FAQ section is why are your prices so high on top of that the cafe is
also a shop and sells everything from Anika's themed stickers and tote bags to communist and
anti-capitalist books and propaganda more on that later anyway let's first take a look at
the closing down statement from the owner Gabriel Sims fewer which should give you
a reasonable idea of what we're dealing with here sadly the anarchist will be closing its
doors on May 30th it's been an amazing experience connecting with so many great community members
sparking desperately needed to bait raising the blood pressure of conservatives that includes
you and our co-capitalist and Libertarians fulfilling the dream of most service workers
by not having to tolerate the presence of professional class Traders pigs and Military
and experimenting with living and working in ways that don't enthusiastically embrace the
pure misanthropy of capitalism unfortunately the lack of generational wealth seed capital
from ethically bankrupt sources left be unable to weather the quiet winter season or to grow
in the ways needed to be sustainable longer term the anarchist has been a huge success in every
way I hoped and has given me so much inspiration and education that I plan to put to use in future
projects keep an eye on the Instagram page to see what I end up doing next if the rich if the
police if the state if the colonial death camp we call Canada solidarity Gabriel aka the anarchist
Rye okay so what does Gabrielle leannicus mean by lack of generational no wealth seed Capital
well this is haunted in the FAQ where did you get the investment Capital vomit to start the business
hmm I bet Gabriel wouldn't be vomiting now if someone offered him a bit of investment
Capital but you know whatever anyway get this I didn't pop Coffee Works where my house roaster
and landlord at the cafe extremely generously offered to let me take over their pre-existing
Cafe for six months for free after that I'll be paying them a very discounted rent without their
incredibly anti-capitalist generosity the cafe would never have happened I I would never have
been able to afford to start my own business without selling my soul to scar some sketchy
investor so all I had to pay for at the start was anything I wanted to sell and the internet
and utilities even that was a lot more money than I had but with the magic of credit card
debt I was able to get the ball rolling and have gradually been adding to the shop as things sell
wow so as we can see here Gabriel the anti-capitalist defender of the downtrodden
and sticker to the proverbial man is actually the beneficiary of a massive amount of privilege
rather than having to go through the usual hell small business owners must go through of finding
and paying for a venue for their business he was literally gifted the spot for six months and then
would only have to pay a discounted rent and in any case the so-called magic of credit card debt
is a much worse deal than finding an investor and taking their money in exchange for them owning a
small chunk of the business I would have thought considering the exorbitant and currently rising
interest rates that Banks tack onto credit card debt why would you rather deal with a bank than
an investor seriously especially if you are supposedly anti-capitalist and speaking of
being anti-capitalist Gabriel isn't just some idealistic peace love and happiness hippie what
struck me when I was checking out the cafe website and Instagram was that the products he sold in
the cafe shop were at least in some cases direct incitement to violence and law breaking observe
be gay do crime no justice no peace Riot become ungovernable too many cops too little Justice
Eat the Rich compost the rich queer Anarchy now educate organize Revolt then there was this on
the Cafe's Instagram which well kind of speaks for itself doesn't it clearly Gabriel is an extremist
who given his evidence support for terrorists like Che Guevara should probably be on some
sort of government watch list in my opinion but as we see every time a university student wears a
t-shirt with Che Guevara or a Fidel Castro Etc on it it is culturally acceptable to publicly
support violent left-wing dictators regardless of how many deaths they are responsible for when in
reality people who support and espouse this kind of ideology should really be treated like people
who support early 20th century German nationalism to use the YouTube friendly code terminology that
is with complete disdain and Extreme Caution anyway at this point in time Gabriel has not
been able to move the anarchist towards employing any extra stuff it has just been to him the whole
time but had the cafe continued he did have a plan for how he would operate the business were
he ever in a position to hire anyone else are you a workers Co-op not yet the cafe is currently a
sole proprietorship as it is a one-person business I'm working hard to grow the business to the point
where it can financially support more workers once there are multiple workers my goal is for all of
us to make the same wage a living wage or above and all to have completely equal decision-making
power within a consensus-based democratic system interesting plan that believe it or not has been
tried before at least once in the form of the garden Diner and Cafe in Grand Rapids Michigan
it too rejected the idea of having a boss or management with decisions being made collectively
by all staff so into it did it Thrive under this communistic business model well not quite the
restaurant had no bosses and decisions were made collectively by the staff the workers decided when
to open and close leading to highly irregular hours customers might come to the establishment
to eat only to find it closed all workers were paid a living wage meaning relatively unskilled
workers would earn just as much as workers with more skills moreover customers were not allowed
to tip meaning there was really no way for workers to be rewarded for exceptional service or work
not surprisingly this meant the restaurant experienced higher costs and lower revenues
patrons often complained not just about the hours but of the sometimes 40-minute wait to receive a
sandwich and after five years of business the garden Diner and Cafe closed its doors in 2016
for obvious reasons honestly I'm surprised it lasted that long had the anarchist remained
open and been able to afford more staff to create this kind of business model he likely would have
gone the way of the garden look the moral of the story is of course that capitalism works and is a
good thing anyone who disagrees with that has a complete and willful ignorance of economics and
of history and while I I am genuinely sad that Gabriel had to close the anarchist I am never
happy when small businesses fail I'm hoping the experience might cause him to do some reflection
on his radical leftist politics and maybe at some point in the future come over to the dark side
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