You aren't wrong that other people have it much worse. I don't think the hate we've developed post 9/11 is proportional or justified compared to the scale of the attack. I wasn't trying to do that with my post, I was trying to explain when and why I saw a shift in how Americans treat each other internally.
I'm gonna bring up a slightly different take on the situation.
2001, during the walk between my 1st period and 2nd period class, my country changed forever. My math teacher had a shocked look on his face, he put the radio on, and told us that it was very important to listen, as we will never forget this moment. An airplane had hit the world trade center. I remember the bell going off, going to my history class, and shortly afterwards, being told that the busses were coming back to take my classmates home. They were terrified, that their school busses would be attacked and that they wouldn't make it home. I found my brother and we walked home early that day. I got home in time to see my mom staring at the TV, which was surreal on its own because she hates TV. By the time I go home, the towers were falling.
That moment was a catalyst for irrational hate and fear taking over the US. Anti-musilm hate (if you can even call it that sophisticated and targeted, really just anyone the right shade of brown) really took off. I remember hearing about men being assaulted and having their beards shaved. Women had their head covering confiscated, and mosques became a primary target for yahoos and bigots to deface and burn. A few years later I remember and popular jingle about bombing Afghanistan, not specifically the Taliban or Al-Qaeda, but just Afghanistan in general. Hate became more mainstream and visible to me than ever. Sure, the US wasn't perfect before, but for my generation, 9/11 was the moment that "Othering" people who didn't look like you, talk like you, and pray like you, became not just a coping mechanism, but a core identity for a significant portion of the USA. If you spoke out about the irrational hate, you were Un-American, or a traitor. My father took me to see Fahrenheit 911, and I remember hearing about protestors attacking theaters that were playing the movie, and people that were buying tickets for it.
Anyway, that's my two cents on where millennials (at least) got their hate enemas from.
...conservative ecosystem that weaponizes anger for electoral gains.
That's like saying "a gun that shoots bullets to kill things". Everyone who isn't a conservative, (and many who are) knows that's the only core value the ideology has anymore.
Cucks are kinda into that though...
He's a beta cuck. Real alphas don't have to go around proclaiming their alpha status and receiving praise and validation from betas and other "alphas".
It's already outrun reality. Trump voters either have no concept of reality, or they are willing to back Nazis and bigots in order to get a lower tax rate.
We need to make it a crime to deny claims on necessary healthcare. 10x penalty (paid to the victim directly) for denial. 30x if they were denied using AI or an automated system.
Wow was cheap and fast for me... And would go down for 3 days at a time inexplicably. Oh, and they sent me a modem-router combo with cascade routers disabled and a firmware flash that prevented me from changing it, evnthough I specifically requested (and paid for) modem only.
Don't worry, it's fake. That's not a real anime girl in the goon glass.
I was aware of that, but thank you for providing context!
Can't tell if this is idiocy or peak satire.
Well done.
What we need is monthly fines for unfilled units, which are proportional to the rate being charged for the unit.
The problem twofold. First, property has been skyrocketing in value lately. You can practically buy an apartment and sit on it empty for a few years and flip it for a profit. There is very little pressure to actually fill a unit. Second, there is no mechanism to drive prices down.
We need to build a system that allows the price to rise with inflation, but also to fall with availability and demand.
Fine landlords for unfilled units. The fine is a proportion of their highest advertised rate for that unit. Now they have an incentive to fill that unit, make deals, and lower the price. The fines they pay go directly to subsidizing rent payments for low income renters, now they have extra buying power to get an apartment and off the street. We need to build systems that self balance/regulate.
The fine should be the ill-gained profits PLUS a penalty. If you rob the bank, you don't get to keep the money when you get caught. Why should it be any different when they rob us?
I'm gonna save you all from the pic of my pet snake taking a shit in my hand.
My partner thought it was too funny, and used my phone to take the picture.
Take a crayon, jam it in the pinhole for the mic, then scrape the excess off the surface. Problem solved.
Trump has backed off from all of his "good" campaign promises, and lately has been floating the idea of renaming the Gulf of Mexico to "Gulf of America".
We're in for a long 4 years at the circus.
Pihole plus Pi VPN. Best thing I've ever done for my sanity. At least until google domains sold to squarespace, which suspiciously doesn't support dynamic DNS.