Reminder: Israelis celebrated crushing a US peace advocate under an IDF bulldozer by throwing a pancake party to mock how she was "flattened"
This "Rachel Corrie Pancakes & Fun" party was 10 YEARS before Oct 7!
The “16% mortgage rate” argument is a textbook example of historical distortion through omission. Let’s break the illusion:
Yes, rates were 16% in 1981 - for a few quarters.
But the median home price was $70K.
And median income was about $21K.
That’s a 3.3x price-to-income ratio, even at peak rates.
Today? Median home price is ~$430K. Median income ~$60K.
That’s 7.2x price-to-income - more than double the burden.
Even with lower interest rates today,
the actual monthly cost of housing is higher, and the duration of debt slavery is longer.
And that’s before we account for:
•No student debt in 1981
•Single-income households buying homes
•Employer-provided pensions
•Healthcare tied to stable employment
•No gig economy, no $1,200 rent for a 300 sq ft box
Now let’s address Vietnam. Yes, war is horrific. But here’s the trap:
Using selective trauma to deny systemic decay is a diversion tactic.
You can’t compare mandatory conscription with
an entire generation locked out of asset ownership forever.
This isn’t about “who had it worse”
It’s about who inherited a functioning system
and who inherited a collapsing simulation.
Stop pretending the current generation is soft.
They’re resilient inside a rigged structure
where every ladder has been pulled up
and every escape hatch monetized.
You want honesty? Here it is:
Past generations struggled to survive.
Ours struggles to belong in a world they no longer own.
That’s the difference. And that’s the whole point.
Talks to address Iran’s nuclear program were planned for Sunday. Instead Netanyahu launched illegal strikes on Iran, killing a top ceasefire negotiator, undermining U.S. diplomatic efforts & putting countless innocent lives at risk. We can’t be dragged into another Netanyahu war.
Andrew Cuomo is afraid he'll lose, so his donors want you to fear me.
His SuperPAC just sent out a mailer that artificially lengthened and darkened my beard.
This is blatant Islamophobia—the kind of racism that explains why MAGA billionaires support his campaign.