What is the major conflict represented by Vancouver?
Class struggle between the financiers, industrial capitalists, and the working class.
Why is Vancouver an "inverted world"?
The parts that appear beautiful to the senses are intellectually and morally rotten, while the remainder which is dirty, smelly, feeble, and ugly are intellectually and morally sublime.
What is higher education in Vancouver, especially that embodied by the University of British Columbia?
Jargon, sex, and consumerism.
And that embodied by the downtown eastside?
Participation in universal history. Pleasure with an even more pleasant aftertaste.
Explain why Vancouver is "Asian."
Because those who do not understand Asian culture blindly multiply and worship Asian signifiers and symbols, while others who do not understand Western culture blindly multiply and worship Western signifiers and symbols.
Explain why Vancouver is European.
There is a non-alienated remainder of freedom and solidarity in action, and it is not becoming feebler but is rather growing stronger.
What would be an act of resistance?
Destroy physical mirrors and looking glasses across the city, so that one may come to find one's true reflection in the other.
