• LeeeroooyJeeenkiiins [none/use name]@hexbear.net
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    I mean, they’re right in that most of our parents’ generation treats their homes as a speculative asset, and, in fact, bake that into whatever plans they have to retire, if any, and that’s Kind of a Problem

    like my dad talking about getting this stupid swim spa, he was literally talking about how if my mom dies from her cancer he’s sellin’ the house and using the money for this or that, all of which relies on it retaining its value as part of speculation

    “we need to take your mom’s house” isn’t really the same but like any actual solution for social housing will essentially involve expropriating them from that “value” by destroying the speculative bubble it relies on

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      There’s a nugget of truth inside ultras which is why they are ostensibly leftist but their rhetoric is hyperbolic to the point it’s unhelpful. I shouldn’t have to go read like a bunch of books so I can decode the class struggle inside the message telling me meemaw and pop-pop should have to wear barrels on suspenders.

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        I shouldn’t have to go read like a bunch of books so I can decode the class struggle inside the message telling me meemaw and pop-pop should have to wear barrels on suspenders.

        see that’s why I just don’t read, I think I already have good takes and I see the cognitohazardous damage done to the ultras by clearly reading too much of the wrong nonsense

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          see that’s why I just don’t read, I think I already have good takes

          In case this is not ironic, “some people learn wrong things from books” is not a good reason to reject literacy. Reading is useful, you just also have to think about how what you’re reading applies to reality. Theory without practice is useless, but usually not actively harmful. Practice without theory can be much worse sometimes.

      • LeeeroooyJeeenkiiins [none/use name]@hexbear.net
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        I mean like I get it though, they had this house built to be their retirement and live to old age together home. If he doesn’t have to stay there and be reminded by all the little things they designed to share together then idk, good for him

        the real JFC is that Jesus seems to be his therapist as he deals with her treatment and let me tell you, the man’s not getting any less bigoted thanks to church

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          If he doesn’t have to stay there and be reminded by all the little things they designed to share together then idk, good for him

          That’s completely fair, I hadn’t thought of that.

          the real JFC is that Jesus seems to be his therapist as he deals with her treatment and let me tell you, the man’s not getting any less bigoted thanks to church

          Damn, that sucks. Sorry you have to deal with all this, it sounds like a tough time. meow-hug