NJSpradlin

joined 11 months ago
[–] NJSpradlin 29 points 5 days ago

Not if he gets into the White House. Every crime they are still doing won’t matter when he doesn’t give up power this next time.

[–] NJSpradlin 8 points 5 days ago

The right is underfunding libraries across the country (in the US), attacks like this would or do already further stress libraries when they’re already financially vulnerable. This does have a huge impact on this particular library.

[–] NJSpradlin 5 points 1 week ago (1 children)

I will say… that I heard rumor of price fixing in the rental market and the DOJ investigating it, link below from a quick google search. I haven’t really dived deep into that topic, but it’s there if you’re interested in a little read.

https://www.politico.com/news/2024/03/20/rental-housing-market-doj-investigation-00147333

[–] NJSpradlin -3 points 1 week ago (2 children)

Thank you for the nuanced response.

[–] NJSpradlin 0 points 1 week ago

Hey, man. Take that up with ol’ Lucas over there.

[–] NJSpradlin 2 points 1 week ago (2 children)

Only the Sith deal in absolutes, my friend.

[–] NJSpradlin 8 points 1 week ago (16 children)

Betty and Bob who are in their sixties, and Bob who still does all the maintenance on the apartment, aren’t the bad guy. They’re renting out a portion of their property because society failed them, because the capitalistic elite failed them, and they don’t have the safety net they should have already had to carry them through their retirement years.

It takes five seconds to realize that mindlessly saying ‘ALAB’ removes too much nuance here. Big corporations that are buying up the land and putting out overpriced apartments? Pricing out the community that lives there? Yeah, absolutely. Pass me a pitchfork and I’ll jump in behind you. But all of this ‘A*AB’ stuff gets nonsensical very quickly.

[–] NJSpradlin 4 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago)

I think Anyone who wants to stifle honest and open discussion and who wants* to push a narrative that strips all nuance from complicated situations… to fill their own agenda… Are Bad.

And I’m on Lemmy, and generally fit the demographic here. I would just like for us to sometimes have a little more nuanced conversation instead of mindlessly doom scrolling and falling in line. Ok?

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