HessiaNerd @ HessiaNerd @lemmy.world

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Capping rent makes more housing less likely. Are you suggesting government built housing?

Not allowing one or two private equity firms to own a lions share of the market would help.

Clip article is referring to.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r7wcU4W4tDE&t=0

Especially since it isn't true.

Fires will happen, yes, they happen in cities too. San Bruno for example (hey that was PG&E too).

As long as you take the proper precautions (defensable space), fire retardant building materials, etc, the increased risks of living in a wooded area isn't that great. Certainly not as great as is reflected in the rate increases.

Current firefighting techniques allow fires to take their course in unpopulated areas. Since we are a fire safe community we all have defencable space. The son of the folks at the top of the hill is a wildfire fighter. We know the risks and minimize them. Hell a couple of Teslas burned up and the fire was contained. Due to their batteries it probably took longer to put out than anything that grows around here.

You pretend like insurance companies know best, and 'market forces' are these perfect righting forces. I call bullshit.

I live in a 'high risk area' e.g. not a paved hellscape. We are a fire safe community.
https://cafiresafecouncil.org/resources/map-of-fire-safe-councils/

My father built the house in 1981. Everyone in the community has been paying insurance premiums for 40 fucking years and because PG&E didn't do necessary maintenance on their lines in paradise, the insurance companies have been pulling out.

SISU!

Poor Vilfredo. First the fascists coopt his theories, now...

The should is doing a lot of lifting in that statement.

On a TOTALLY unrelated note History Civilis did a really interesting video on the July Revolution

Something to keep in mind. Entering the country without documentation is a misdemeanor. When people are fleeing political persecution they can't get the appropriate paperwork.

A lot (not all) of these people come in and turn themselves in. The policy is (was?) recognize that minor documentation issue and let them stay while it gets resolved. In that manner yes they were accepted, if only temporarily, while their documentation problems are resolved.

Lol, I remember setting those jumpers.

This was 100% a parody. Really impressive but definitely a joke.

Yeah then they get shit parts from others who cut corners. Those parts don't meet specs ('broken' in this article) and they use them anyway.

It's no wonder their planes keep crashing. The FAA needs to shut them down. I doubt that will happen in this administrative climate though. More people WILL die due to corporate greed, just another example.

'it was self defense'

Who is this? They look familiar.

And this pattern holds across a shitload of rich people too. Singers who could afford to not have to have that waitress job and just focus on promotion. 'Entrepreneurs' who got 'small' 'loans' to start their 10th business that finally hit. Real estate moguls who had actual intelegnt people bring them plans they rubber stamped and claimed to be brilliant businessmen.

They are rich so they must be smart is the biggest pile of bullshit.

I knew a man who hung drywall, he hung it mighty quick.

The Conan soundtrack is truly epic. Put it on while doing chores around the house, suddenly you are doing quests. Cooking? No you are making a feast to celebrate conquest!

I gotta say, I'm becoming more lefty as I age. I grew up with an emphasis on personal responsibility, self reliance etc. Those principles still ring true with me. But I have seen them twisted by conservatives to be used against individuals in the interests of the 1%, the corporations. Trump doesn't even pretend to play by the same rules. He has literally said "I take no responsibility at all" while as the president for things he was in control of. That's not a leader, it's a ruler.

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