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Crypto Investors Buy 40 Acres of Land in Wyoming to Build Blockchain City

vice.com
24 points·by _lz4k·vor 5 Jahren·2 comments

The Demand for Money Behind Many Police Traffic Stops

nytimes.com
34 points·by _lz4k·vor 5 Jahren·14 comments

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_lz4k
·vor 5 Jahren·discuss
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·vor 5 Jahren·discuss
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_lz4k
·vor 5 Jahren·discuss
> Ans #2: Rentier capitalism saddles productive parts of the economy with onerous rents.

Do you mean housing?
_lz4k
·vor 5 Jahren·discuss
The problem is we don’t let the market fix it. Instead we continue to pile on regulations that decentivize competition for better health outcomes. Blame the socialist democrats and conservatives that continue to strengthen the monopolies on healthcare because there’s no question about it, too much regulation is the culprit
_lz4k
·vor 5 Jahren·discuss
I don’t agree with the premise that there is a problem with boomers buying a home and renting it out to someone who would rather rent than own.

I see the problem is rather monopolies and hedge funds buying homes by the thousands and driving up the prices in select markets.
_lz4k
·vor 5 Jahren·discuss
Even if they are buying second houses, I highly doubt that boomers are having anywhere near as large an impact on housing markets in relation to large corporations and financial institutions that are buying more and more residential properties. These larger organizations are pinning the blame on boomers via PR, when there is really no comparison in who has more invested.

https://www.usnews.com/news/business/articles/2021-09-09/com...
_lz4k
·vor 5 Jahren·discuss
Is it really a problem if boomers are buying second, third, or even fourth homes to rent out? This has long been a common path for the elderly to afford healthcare and living expenses in their golden years rather than relying on the government.

I feel large companies and financial institutions that are buying up swaths of residential properties are trying to find a scapegoat and they have found one in boomers. I imagine we will see more propaganda pieces like this one, pinning the blame on them.
_lz4k
·vor 5 Jahren·discuss
We don’t need Chinese Communism either. If you like it so much, go see what it’s really like.
_lz4k
·vor 5 Jahren·discuss
This is usually the case in the majority if not all government-managed sectors. Government tends to add many more layers of middle-men.
_lz4k
·vor 5 Jahren·discuss
If you go to a heavily left-wing indoctrinated area that happens to have minorities, you will find the ones that care there.
_lz4k
·vor 5 Jahren·discuss
You are linking videos to people that are celebrating the 100th anniversary of communist China. What am I missing?
_lz4k
·vor 5 Jahren·discuss
>”For what it’s worth, Pew says that roughly half of Latinos have reported experiences of discrimination.”

It’s likely the half that votes left and is told on a daily basis they are being discriminated against.
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·vor 5 Jahren·discuss
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