A new art piece called Capitalism Works for Me, True/False, is on display outside of the Kelowna Rotary Centre for the Arts.

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A festival organizer on site of an art piece asking residents if Capitalism works for them was met with a few rowdy folks this weekend.

The art display called Capitalism Works for Me, True/False invites residents to choose and keeps track of their responses on a scoreboard outside of the Rotary Centre for the Arts for the last three days as part of the Kelowna international festival Living Things.

Living Things organizer Neil Cadger said roughly 124 voted false and roughly 65 votes were collected for true when residents weighed in.

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But a few people acted aggressively towards them, calling them communists and accusing them of working for the government, he said.

“We got really abused for suggesting we talk about Capitalism,” he said, as organizers were standing outside of the Rotary Centre for the Arts, collecting votes.

The incident happened while people were walking towards Prospera Place for a Kelowna Rockets hockey game last night, he said.

“A lot of people still had the Canadian flags waving around from the parade,” he said. A protest against COVID-19 vaccine mandates and restrictions was held earlier that day, but Cadger said there was no protestors during that time that made any comments towards them.

The display will end today, Jan. 30 at 5 p.m.

Steve Lambert, the piece’s creator, said in a video the piece was created because people believe they can vote and make decisions on how governments work but don’t believe they have the same agency with economics.

“We can do better, there are infinite options, changes we could make but it starts with evaluating whether or not capitalism works for you,” he said, in the video.

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