I'll repeat this: Homelessness is a multifaceted and incredibly complex issue, you don't end it with "rent control" or any single point of policy. Absurdly tone deaf, I'm asking again why this guy is held in such high regard.
I'm sorry, but what sort of rent controls are you envisioning that have people who were struggling financially to such a degree they were sleeping rough are magically now happy rent payers, exactly?
Extremely disappointing.
There is no hope of ending homelessness if we do not stand up to vested interests and take action against extortionate private rents.
We need rent controls, and we need them now.
Do you think "rent controls" are going to stop thousands of drug addicts from being addicts, alcohol abusers from abusing alcohol, people with debilitating mental disorders suddenly able to manage a household? Jeremy, what the fuck are you talking about?
Remember guys, you must have zero consumer rights so PS can keep making games with a jelly cube mocapped by a fucking hollywood actor... so you can enjoy their games more(?) £100 please. No complaining. Please keep your console online or you we'll nuke your library.
He's completely wrong, but let's assume that going digital *is* about cost saving.
(It's not.)
How much do you think pressing game discs costs compared to marketing, HR, yet another layer of managers?
Even if the goal isn't an "anti-consumer plot" that's still the outcome.
God of War creator David Jaffe:
“Here’s the actual uncomfortable truth: Phasing out physical media is not some evil, greedy, illuminati anti-consumer plot.
It is just the brutal unavoidable financial reality of an industry trying to survive…when games cost $300M+”
“You can see why 3rd-party publishers are not fighting Sony on this, they’re popping Champaign”
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I mean, I'm no industry expert, but killing off physical media so that your only option is £100+ for new games or whatever dynamic pricing PS decide to apply on their digital storefront (when it's not suffering an outage) sounds pretty anti-consumer to me ¯\_(ツ)_/¯
Nobody left wing has done anything.
Polanski’s entire life has been a gap year.
Labour politicians have mostly only been politicians.
There’s something about actually building things and contributing to society that makes you realise left wing ideology is bullshit.
i've decided i'm going to give "arrr andy from up noorf" a chance, he's actually proposing some stuff i quite like, he gets a week until i cast judgement
a stronger start than keir anyway, not called entire subsections of the uk population thugs yet
i feel like linkedin has a toxic positivity problem
every post i see is more faux-positive, saccharin infused fakeness than the last
i feel like i could be part of the solution
That's what makes me worry about Burnham's announcement, has he factored in that many aren't just down on their luck? Some have debilitating mental health issues, substance abuse issues, some are criminals and live rough to avoid arrest. There's no simple fix to this issue.
Burnham promises to end rough sleeping.
This isn't necessarily about being 'nice' cuddly progressives.
The truth is that rough sleeping, how we treat people with addiction issues, and spiralling numbers in temporary accomodation all have HUGE social and economic costs.
Every decade had it's own aesthetic but the 80s is where it peaked. After that everything went downhill.
How would you even portray the 90s, 00s, 10s etc? They all look gay as fuck. (Except maybe the 90s but that's when things started slipping.)