Based on human nature over thousands of years the prevailing history shows us that “we” do not want to administer what we build. Governments worldwide forever have struggled with Capex vs Opex.

For that reason, I do not want government getting into the habit of owning shit. Look at Russia or anywhere in the eastern block for the infrastructure that is literally crumbling. It’s all because we do not do Opex. We never have and nothing tells me we ever will. Working in corporate I can tell you it’s a struggle there too. Human nature does not prioritize Opex.

So the question is, how would this be any different?

I personally believe the government should be building more housing not the market because the market wants money and some things like starter homes do not make money. That does not mean I want the government owning and administering homes. Build them, sell them in the market and let the people who own it decide what to do.

Do not let non-citizens or businesses in any way own anything.

Government should be putting in place the rules and enforcing them but that’s it. The problem is they don’t want to enforce shit.

There’s the other issue. People are lazy AF and what’s worse is most people refuse to acknowledge it which means most people are hypocrisy too lol

Ok? That’s not all housing which to me is nationalizing. All countries have some concept of co-op or subsidized housing which is owned and administered by the government. It can and does exist in parallel. Should the government be doing more of it? I would argue yes.

Housing is a human right, not an investment.

Yes and yes 1000%

Nationalize housing

Fuck no.

You’re getting flack but you’re not wrong. When I moved into my current house I was a landlord for over 3 years adopting the basement tenant already in the house. Rent was well below market rate and I never raised it. We were both respectful. Ultimately I terminated their lease because I have kids that are getting older and I need the extra space as well as just not in the mental headspace to rent my basement anymore. I’ve since gutted it with the intention of making it a proper finished basement for us all to enjoy.

I gave them over 3 months notice. First month rent back and provided references.

Some of us just want to do good.

Inattentive toast

Bonus my boys —

Inattentive pancake

Anger pancakes

IbM has entered the chat

$20 a month

LOFUCKINGL

I’m horrible for laughing to myself but my response was “Jesus don’t men just punch their girlfriends in the gut anymore?”

Clippy goes in dry.

At this point I’m sure they think Raygun was a bleeding heart Liberal.

I hear you need help with how to fuck yourself.

Being an optimist it’s waves throughout humanity and this is merely the most recent one. We are better as a species though still not perfect. My gut tells me we will make it out of this but like many times before the old thinking will need to die.

We are going to look back at the greed rampant today for the mental disease if truly is and address the underlying issue that makes people like Elon or Bezos not only exist but thrive. We will come to the realization that people like that are not normal and we will no longer idolize or encourage such destructive individualism.

Netscape lowered teen pregnancy rates

Amen. Trump is showing the world what America truly is. The rest of the world sees this. Many Americans do not.

And to throw an olive branch, many countries are a Trump away from the same realization.

Amen. I get the sentiment but Jesus Christ everything is politics when you boil it down. Yes it’s draining to focus on it 24/7 but it’s equally destructive to bury your head in the sand.

The elephant in the room more people need to pay attention to that many of us who work in IT are painfully intimate with.

Many IT people are hardcore libertarians who believe in some warped idea that they are where they are through their intelligence and hardwork while completely ignoring many of them come from backgrounds that afforded them the opportunities they are taking advantage of.

100% many of them are sexist, racist and bigoted pieces of shit that hide it at work because they’re adept at masking the fact that a lot of them are borderline autistic at worst and neurodivergent at best.

This is also why you see such a deep investment in idiocy like AI, Bitcoin and other paradigm shifts. They all have their heads up their asses and feel they’re better than everyone else.

Couple all this with the demographic being primarily white males.

Fuck talk to any woman who works in IT. It’s changing yes, but Jesus Christ it’s a cesspool in many ways.

Source: 25+ years in IT

I love you all solutioning for something I don’t care enough about. I just find it annoying that systemctl reversed the order for some stupid reason.

Note the order of the commands. I don’t mind typing aystemctl

Because in the real world we all know no one is paying 20$ for a happy meal.