I think 🤔 the solution is ALWAYS to subsidize/ have a safety net for small "mom n pop" businesses. Not gov bailing out Evil Banksters... Help the poor class , help the middle class and everything should be "ok" . Helping wealthy 🤑 ruling class ONLY ; ruined/ruins this country.
Considering how crazy expensive accommodations have become the last couple of years, concentrated in the hands of greedy corporations, landlords and how little politicians seem to care about this problem, do you think we will ever experience a real estate market crash that would bring those exorbitant prices back to Earth?
Housing and affordable housing should totally be a human right. Look at all the global inequality and how it keeps on growing, the Rich 🤑 / wealthy are accumulating and consolidating wealth 🤑 ... Locking people out of opportunities 😕😔😔😐 n the governments do nothing to protect their citizens from the legal corruption... In fact they help the corporations out.
If people who built nations and kept them running ( the workers / ETC) were compensated properly we'd all have housing, food, clean water ETC. It's called sharing the profits / wealth. But that's not what monopolies and people at the top 🎩 🔝 of industries do.
I mean US still got child labor 😭 till this day.
People that keep the countries running need to go on a strike / protest all at once for a week or two and demand some kind of equality from their government or otherwise no work no running economy!!
It's been done before and it can happen again if we can brave sharing food and water with each other for a week or more.
"The forced overtime – we are working to death. We are working 12-hour shifts, seven days a week, every day, week after week, month after month, year after year. We are burned out,” added Ferdinandsen. “These companies are profiting the way that they are and trying to convince the American people that they’re hurting,...
Last year, more middle-aged adults were binge drinking, using marijuana or consuming hallucinogens than ever before, according to a new report. Cannabis use surged among young adults under 30, alongside historic rates of vaping, as well.
I am just saying in general; there are nasty diseases that get passed around by sharing food, water, bottles, glasses, cups , smokes ETC. Bad idea to share with strangers, friends and EVEN family members.
Was just stating this in case anyone didn't know already.
Ok 👌 I am going to have to read that a few times n go do some arithmetics on that, N I'll get back to You on that someday.
I just had a feeling that if tax dollar went to subsidize good living standards for all , whether poor or middle class that it wouldn't be a big deal if we all paid about roughly the same percent for all to have access to decent wage / life / opportunity at climbing some kind of a ladder of a profession / industry .
I'll try and read more about both ideas 💡 of tax n understand it better...
Oh I agree that it won't happen. We got the revolving door and no seperation of Corporations and the Government. I was just thinking hypothetically / fantasizing.
I've had some people tell Me not to use it, had Reddit go nutters and ban Me for maybe using it too much.. at least that's how I feel / felt ( that's my guess that they banned me for this reason )
Anyways 🤨🤔 when I got bullied / mocked by my best friends ( at least whom I thought was my best friend ) I began to despise / resent / hate that person. Now despite the feeling I've in my head / heart ; I certainly don't want anything bad to happen to my ex best friend / friend.
It's the same with the country 😦😔 I live in; I think it's hurt n hurting a lot of people n I hate the policies and brutality the stark/great inequality it has. However I do wish shit would get better for all in this country; first and foremost.
So I guess I am saying / asking.... Just because I hate someone/ something / some place ; soooo that's not the same as hate speech right?
tldr: I hate how some people act like You shouldn't use that word (hate) n or act like it's inappropriate or what ever. Drives me nuts.
Brand new to KBIN n Fedivers concept in general. Am looking to find a magazine for friendship / pen pals / friendship advice. But I realize I've no idea how to look and or search for that community. Would anyone please point me in the right direction and/or teach me how to browse look for magazines?...
Ye... idk 😶😐 n or get how someone might like and or support communism , like even if they support the idea on paper or the karl marx communist menefesto. Most ppl think 🤔 of communism as soviet union , china or north korea, vietnam , cuba ETC ... n 😭 none o' those countries are worth living in (IMHO). I mean they've no freedom n or democracy or hope of democratizing. Sure some countries are flawed democracies, even some in western Europe, n US also is another. But at least these countries have a potential to get to a Full Democracy status.
Like when I hear about communism, it makes me wanna throw up ... what's wrong with trying ( for any country) to be a democracy / act democratically towards the people n neighboring countries... (Meaning democracies working with/ or along side other democracies n trying to improve one another by different means )
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As someone who was born in n during soviet union , I seriously 😒😳 don't get how anyone thinks communism is a good idea
I get the fact that evil powers picked up communism n twisted the idea to something else completely in some ways/aspects...
But ....
Big BUT; I'd love to see an example of one, just one flourishing communist country in the world RN or in the past. Cause I can give You a list of plenty of countries that turned to democracy n are doing somewhat OK considering what's happening with the world today. Or even in the past...
Is final fantasy a good game for partners and/or two friends. Or is it more solo until cap lvl?
Let me refraize; if two friends started playing this game together, could they do dungeons, and quests etc all together? Or how does it work if You are a party of two?
(Hey Zoe , have You tried Beehaw by any chance? {Sorry random. But I wanted to contact You not in a middle of err what You were just going through an hour ago} hope all's good 😊 / keep Your spirits up 🙏)
Seems like just about everyone has a video doorbell and/or other cameras monitoring their property. Took it for granted in my youth without even knowing it.
Hey I tried to DM you but couldn't. Zoe I think You're cool. Don't let these idiots get to You. Post away and enjoy. Just block these arseholes if all else fails that or ignore. Like literally ignore them.
PSA: Upvote is not an upvote like you are used to (like Reddit) - "Boost" is the Reddit Upvote
Like the title says, if you want to upvote something on KBin, you should use the Boost link, not the upvote button (Why? Don't know...)...
USDA kills hundreds of Minnesota wolves to protect ranchers' profits (minnesotareformer.com)
It’s not easy being a wolf in northern Minnesota....
Italians are literally braver than cops (hexbear.net)
The Taliban’s war on women in Afghanistan must be formally recognized as gender apartheid (theconversation.com)
Do you think we will ever have affordable housing again in our lifetime?
Considering how crazy expensive accommodations have become the last couple of years, concentrated in the hands of greedy corporations, landlords and how little politicians seem to care about this problem, do you think we will ever experience a real estate market crash that would bring those exorbitant prices back to Earth?
‘We are burned out’: UAW ready to take on automakers in contract negotiations (www.theguardian.com)
"The forced overtime – we are working to death. We are working 12-hour shifts, seven days a week, every day, week after week, month after month, year after year. We are burned out,” added Ferdinandsen. “These companies are profiting the way that they are and trying to convince the American people that they’re hurting,...
Marijuana and hallucinogen use, binge drinking reached record highs in middle-aged adults, survey finds (www.cnn.com)
Last year, more middle-aged adults were binge drinking, using marijuana or consuming hallucinogens than ever before, according to a new report. Cannabis use surged among young adults under 30, alongside historic rates of vaping, as well.
AOC and the Squad’s List of Left-Wing Accomplishments Is Quite Long (jacobin.com)
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How do I find / search for magazines?
Brand new to KBIN n Fedivers concept in general. Am looking to find a magazine for friendship / pen pals / friendship advice. But I realize I've no idea how to look and or search for that community. Would anyone please point me in the right direction and/or teach me how to browse look for magazines?...
What does reduce mean in Kbin ... Is that a downvote?
As G20 leaders prepare to meet in recently flooded New Delhi, climate policy issues are unresolved (apnews.com)
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It's probably more difficult for kids to throw house parties nowadays when their parents are out of town due to how accessible security cameras are.
Seems like just about everyone has a video doorbell and/or other cameras monitoring their property. Took it for granted in my youth without even knowing it.
Tucker Carlson Interview with Donald Trump. 24/08/2023 (twitter.com)