@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
@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
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
@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
@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
@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)
@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
@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
@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....
@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
@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
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.
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
"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
@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
.... 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
@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 donโt know how your response fits logically. If you leave it up to the market you might have the opposite of density
@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...
@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