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  • This will still impact you and in ways that will be immediately apparent. The loss of houses means that those former home owners will have to find new property to purchase - only to see the same astronomical price tag you see. So they become renters. That sudden impact on the demand for places to live will find apartments and landlords can now find many more people, some very desperate with a lump sum of a settlement or insurance payout (but not enough to buy another home), that will pay much more than you can. And they don't budget well, which is why they lived in a poor state that flooded so much insurance companies got scared, so they spend way too much without consideration for how long they can afford rent at such high prices.

    But hey, you are right about greedy landlords.

  • These aren't steps. These are loosely related topics that insinuate some nebulous point. Make a proper list:

    1. Blame a minority for the problem and exacerbate existing racial tension to persecute. A scape goat is always necessary because the problem was never internal.
    2. Use panic and surprise to pass wide, sweeping measures that circumvent or override existing social protections. Also carve out any internal opposition to allow smoother transgressions.
    3. Unite the people through social movements to be more involved in government while not giving them any direct access to government. Hitler youth and the broader Nazi party were great for this, some Nazis even showing such fanaticism that they would be given preference in placement, like SS in the army. Jingoism is how they advance.
  • It is a time of predatory billionaires grabbing all forms of media. It would not surprise me if he did get offers. It would also be very unprofessional to broadcast the valuation of Loops and Pixelfed while turning down the offer. It would be like recording and showing someone asking for a date and getting rejected.

  • Remember when Republicans at least tried to look competent at economic issues? What I wouldn't give for a William F Buckley figure to punch holes in the costumed fascism that is happening now with incisive conservative ideals. The Republicans need someone on the inside to point out how bad for business, people, and the economy as a whole Trump is.

  • NPR and PBS receive single digit funding from federal funding. They would be better suited to remain that way and having the freedom to continue publishing their own content than go private and be steered by profit minded board members. Going private opens them up to a hostile takeover. Remaining public gives them more freedom.