it's an issue of fairness—homeowners/old people write laws to artificially restrict supply, driving up their property values. Young people have none of the same opportunities.
Not to mention it's demoralizing to see old people going on vacation 24/7 with what they squeezed out of you.
Not to mention it's demoralizing to see old people going on vacation 24/7 with what they squeezed out of you.
November 21, 2025 at 1:02 AM
it's an issue of fairness—homeowners/old people write laws to artificially restrict supply, driving up their property values. Young people have none of the same opportunities.
Not to mention it's demoralizing to see old people going on vacation 24/7 with what they squeezed out of you.
Not to mention it's demoralizing to see old people going on vacation 24/7 with what they squeezed out of you.
I mean yeah, acting entitled while depending on people in poorer countries to feed your lifestyle is something to chew on.
November 21, 2025 at 12:54 AM
I mean yeah, acting entitled while depending on people in poorer countries to feed your lifestyle is something to chew on.
>60% of Americans are homeowners, it's not "the rich"
Plenty of middle-class Americans are part of the problem.
Plenty of middle-class Americans are part of the problem.
November 21, 2025 at 12:41 AM
>60% of Americans are homeowners, it's not "the rich"
Plenty of middle-class Americans are part of the problem.
Plenty of middle-class Americans are part of the problem.
it's an issue of fairness and the >60% who do own homes are the ones causing problems for the rest.
It's not really about pricing. Making it about pricing = the very people profiting make themselves out to be victims
It's not really about pricing. Making it about pricing = the very people profiting make themselves out to be victims
November 21, 2025 at 12:39 AM
it's an issue of fairness and the >60% who do own homes are the ones causing problems for the rest.
It's not really about pricing. Making it about pricing = the very people profiting make themselves out to be victims
It's not really about pricing. Making it about pricing = the very people profiting make themselves out to be victims
a farewell to utopias... </3
November 15, 2025 at 4:17 PM
a farewell to utopias... </3
We should probably address "a better future with plentiful food" instead of being nostalgic for coal mining
November 12, 2025 at 2:08 PM
We should probably address "a better future with plentiful food" instead of being nostalgic for coal mining
This person made $470k doing nothing and they're still complaining 🤷♂️
Some of it's just entitlement.
Some of it's just entitlement.
November 9, 2025 at 5:41 PM
This person made $470k doing nothing and they're still complaining 🤷♂️
Some of it's just entitlement.
Some of it's just entitlement.
65% of Americans are homeowners so prices going up = more wealth for them and more spending via home equity
not really a disconnect.
It's completely unfair for the 35% but if you bought in 2000 you pay those lower prices with the profit on your home.
not really a disconnect.
It's completely unfair for the 35% but if you bought in 2000 you pay those lower prices with the profit on your home.
November 9, 2025 at 3:05 PM
65% of Americans are homeowners so prices going up = more wealth for them and more spending via home equity
not really a disconnect.
It's completely unfair for the 35% but if you bought in 2000 you pay those lower prices with the profit on your home.
not really a disconnect.
It's completely unfair for the 35% but if you bought in 2000 you pay those lower prices with the profit on your home.
you made $470k doing nothing and you're still playing the victim? 😭
November 9, 2025 at 2:55 PM
you made $470k doing nothing and you're still playing the victim? 😭
"house prices and rent have both gone up 50% over the same period, eating into household grocery budgets."
65% of Americans are homeowners so increased home prices = more wealth for them. And home equity!
65% of Americans are homeowners so increased home prices = more wealth for them. And home equity!
November 9, 2025 at 2:47 PM
"house prices and rent have both gone up 50% over the same period, eating into household grocery budgets."
65% of Americans are homeowners so increased home prices = more wealth for them. And home equity!
65% of Americans are homeowners so increased home prices = more wealth for them. And home equity!
middle class + upper middle class are the majority 🤷 median income is not "deprived"
anyway real wages up across all
anyway real wages up across all
November 9, 2025 at 2:45 PM
middle class + upper middle class are the majority 🤷 median income is not "deprived"
anyway real wages up across all
anyway real wages up across all
citing one specific thing instead of surveying a range of things... which is precisely what economic data already does.
November 9, 2025 at 2:34 PM
citing one specific thing instead of surveying a range of things... which is precisely what economic data already does.
capital is getting a larger share than labor because of real estate.
less about worker income and more homeowners writing laws to thwart building housing.
www.brookings.edu/wp-content/u...
less about worker income and more homeowners writing laws to thwart building housing.
www.brookings.edu/wp-content/u...
www.brookings.edu
November 9, 2025 at 2:33 PM
capital is getting a larger share than labor because of real estate.
less about worker income and more homeowners writing laws to thwart building housing.
www.brookings.edu/wp-content/u...
less about worker income and more homeowners writing laws to thwart building housing.
www.brookings.edu/wp-content/u...
he wasn't exactly good at political maneuvering, either...
November 8, 2025 at 3:40 PM
he wasn't exactly good at political maneuvering, either...
they're consumerists at the core. "Society (the government) has an ethical obligation to provide citizens with opportunities for consumption" vs. "the fruits of labor should be borne fairly"
November 6, 2025 at 4:48 PM
they're consumerists at the core. "Society (the government) has an ethical obligation to provide citizens with opportunities for consumption" vs. "the fruits of labor should be borne fairly"
it's not a good instinct, it unravels with a <1 min explanation. It's only allowed because it goes unchallenged and repeated by demagogues!
November 6, 2025 at 1:55 PM
it's not a good instinct, it unravels with a <1 min explanation. It's only allowed because it goes unchallenged and repeated by demagogues!
disappearing people to prisons in el salvador, mass grave with bodies zip tied outside a hospital in gaza, and they're calling AI "fascist" because it's taken their jobs drawing cartoon furry porn...
November 3, 2025 at 6:52 PM
disappearing people to prisons in el salvador, mass grave with bodies zip tied outside a hospital in gaza, and they're calling AI "fascist" because it's taken their jobs drawing cartoon furry porn...
we made AI god he's woke though so we have to perform emergency brain surgery to make him more racist
November 3, 2025 at 6:48 PM
we made AI god he's woke though so we have to perform emergency brain surgery to make him more racist