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Cake day: October 22nd, 2023

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  • Voting for someone in an election in the US is not an endorsement of that person. You have effectively two choices in many of the elections due to how the system is designed. You vote for the best choice of those two.

    Not voting, or voting for a non viable candidate, is a signal that you Do Not Care who is in power.

    Voting is a tool, and a civic duty. It’s one of the few ways US society allows direct input from citizens.

    If you actually are against facism, don’t use misguided idealism to encourage people to throw away the little political power they have.


  • There’s an average renter turnover. If the market would usually see a 5% increase yoy, and average stay us 5 years, this 3% policy means you’d have tenents “underpaying” by about 13%. So, to compensate, instead of new leases being 27% more expensive, they’ll be 40% more expensive after 5 years.

    The root cause of all the raising home prices and rents is always the same: nimbys and lack of housing supply. Rent control works for people who are already in a home, but makes the problem worse for everyone else (who move, or become adults, etc)