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[Russell @MNboyinCali]

@MinorityOfOne75 I mean, Wal-Mart set limits/standards on calories per serving, so companies changed serving sizes

That said, i think there is a lot more to be done regulating food & ingredients for health, but until we have universal healthcare and are feeding everyone idk if its worth it

[Russell @MNboyinCali]

@notkavi Id think distrust of doctors in general ranks higher than fear of needles in specific

But mostly just many people are stupid asshats

With a touch of it hurts brown/black people more thrown in at the beginning...

...America

[Russell @MNboyinCali]

I mean, if you elected 10 or 12 of them, you would have enough power to pass most anything you want

So yeah, 1 is meh, but change takes power to enact

Unless y'all suddenly develop superpowers, gradual accumulation is the only viable way forward - even for revolution

[Parker 🍻📘 @centristmarxist]

“In 20 years, we might have a senator!” Is NOT what I’m fighting for.

[Russell @MNboyinCali]

@Diacritic @jdcmedlock Same issue as most complaints people have- context like big numbers and the linear passage of time don't exist in their brains properly - taxes, inflation, housing, small percents of big numbers mattering, even

[Russell @MNboyinCali]

@JakeBofBvdSG @ArmandDoma Not enough older established homeowners there among them to get in the way at least.

Younger working age ratios vs. Kids & old ppl are good

Over 65 white ppl is the fastest growing demographic tho, so passing stuff before they take over is vital

[Russell @MNboyinCali]

@VladSF @YIMBYLAND Median incomes, especially for people over 25 have improved.

Still fairly long commutes for 25 to 44 year olds, around 45 minutes, but the lower housing cost and better enough pay seem to have turned a corner on keeping residents in Detroit (if barely enough for small growt)

[Russell @MNboyinCali]

@elaifresh The water can only support support 6 floors unless we add This tank/pump/bigger line/bigger water tanks/whatever type stuff

Then try to get city to pass some funds or pay for it yourself if you wanna build

[Russell @MNboyinCali]

@elaifresh Right, they should be needed if someone wants some quirky new material or bi directional elevator -something not covered by safety regs- to make sure its safe

And maybe to assess taxes based upon utility costs - like cities charging higher sewer fees on new builds at town edge

[Russell @MNboyinCali]

@SukritGanesh If they are leasing, the rates is gonna go up??

One would assume the extra business makes up for it, but CRE is broken af, so...

[Russell @MNboyinCali]

@McKay4Senate @revhowardarson Did he really try to say Americans are collectively committing a BILLION felonies DAILY??!?!?!!

For those keeping score, thats solidly over HALF A MILLION murders... every single day....

[Russell @MNboyinCali]

@ohalexsimmons Radcliffe was pretty famously a blackout drunk in his later teens, no?
Been a good while since i read about any of them, but the whole cast was at the end, iirc
Seems like he got helped before it all totally burned down, so that's good

[Russell @MNboyinCali]

@ohalexsimmons Idk, seems like some effing up happened, but tools and awareness and help are better nowadays so they mostly got thru it?

More successful at it than 80s / 90s sitcom kids, anyways

[Aaron Reichlin-Melnick @ReichlinMelnick]

Setting aside the massive humanitarian cost, if you deport 11 million people, that will cause a huge slowdown in the US economy and will lead to US workers having *fewer* jobs, not more jobs.

[Russell @MNboyinCali]

@notkavi Commuting and economic activities?

[Russell @MNboyinCali]

@spiny_norman @Muhammad_Speaks Idk bout that, but they should be taxed at a rate that, at the very least, doesn't lose money for the State...

[Russell @MNboyinCali]

IMO, they want fuedalism, if not warlordism, they want to relish in the actions allowed by their (self belief of) superiority

Its a form of chuunibyou, but unlike super powers being unleashed from your cursed hand, not enough people laugh at you & your delusions

[urbanstats dot org 🌉🚱 @notkavi]

"owning land should mean you don't have to work" is insanity and I do not understand how people even conceptualize this working without it immediately descending into feudalism

[Russell @MNboyinCali]

@michaeldomps @GeorgistSteve I mean, its not, not in modern usage

Especially not in a multi tiered system like the US

[Russell @MNboyinCali]

@michaeldomps Also, with that education and still denying YIMBY is the correct path, backed by immense amounts of data...

... honestly seems like you wasted the money on education

Smdh

[Russell @MNboyinCali]

.... then why, before restrictive zoning and regulation and min lot sizes... were cities denser with higher populations??

The market certainly favors SFH rn, because its amazingly distorted, but the market also still produces higher density wherever its allowed

YIMBY ftw

[Michael Domps @michaeldomps]

@MNboyinCali @GeorgistSteve This thread is about allowing anyone to buy prime housing property to use it for any purpose instead of using it for dense housing

I don’t know how your response fits logically. If you leave it up to the market you might have the opposite of density

[Russell @MNboyinCali]

@michaeldomps @GeorgistSteve LVT is not revolutionary, its a slight twist to current practice.
But even w/o LVT
just remove unnecessary zoning, the situation changes.

Look at Japan or Thailand or Singapore or

Restrictions add cost, which meand only the wealthy can build.
Yet, We subsidize restrictions...

[Russell @MNboyinCali]

@michaeldomps @GeorgistSteve 1> are you pretending i didn't also advocate for a different tax scheme?

2> again, capital owns lots, yes, but the masses own much much more

3> the value of which is being held down, as its almost entirely restricted to SFH