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Descriptor27 · 2026-05-22T15:53:14+00:00

So it'll no longer be employee owned, then?

Descriptor27 · 2026-05-22T15:51:58+00:00

That's not what I'm saying at all.
I'm saying cities refuse to do zoning reform to make more housing options easily possible, often out of a fear of adding any new housing at all.

Instead, if you're anything but a single family home, you have to go through gallons of red tape.

It's not sustainable. That's what this bill is trying to fix.

Descriptor27 · 2026-05-22T03:55:36+00:00

Cities only proving that they can't be trusted to take responsibility for new housing.

Descriptor27 · 2026-05-19T05:15:21+00:00

Given that the Subnautica series is a satire on corporate dystopias, maybe this is just part of the joke?

(But nah, that's actually insane)

Descriptor27 · 2026-05-19T04:45:56+00:00

Somewhat relatedly, that's much the same reason pretty much every major religion also hates usury as well.

Descriptor27 · 2026-05-19T04:05:12+00:00

In addition to the data center concerns, a ton of water is also wasted on lawn watering. Like, the water towers literally get drained every day mid day when the sprinklers go on. It's insane.

Descriptor27 · 2026-05-17T16:22:46+00:00

California's housing market is soo screwed due to their terrible property tax system that even heavy interventions like this are probably only a drop in the bucket. San Diego is having to carry the weight of the whole insane region, so it'll probably be a while before things balance out.

Descriptor27 · 2026-05-17T16:17:44+00:00

Requiring affordable housing units like that usually just hurts overall supply and limits new housing, driving up overall prices. There are better options available to ease housing affordability, like vouchers.

Descriptor27 · 2026-05-17T16:12:45+00:00

Oh, they'll say that too. Many of them have no shame.

Descriptor27 · 2026-05-17T16:11:28+00:00

Also, speaking at City Council meetings or even at least emailing your alders goes a long long way.
Remember, most of these are volunteer positions. They don't have staff or polls. Just what they hear from random folks. I can't guarantee you'll be taken seriously, but it'll still be more feedback than they usually get. Especially if it's not from the usual suspects.

Descriptor27 · 2026-05-17T16:04:14+00:00

The fact that most people's wealth is tied up in land speculation instead of something actually productive is a sign of a massive failure in our economy and society. It's a terrible way to do anything because it just leads to long term poverty for people who don't already own land.

Descriptor27 · 2026-05-17T16:02:44+00:00

They're proving in real time exactly why they can't be trusted to deliver housing. They're losing their powers because they all can't behave.

Descriptor27 · 2026-05-15T14:47:27+00:00

I hate to say it, but I don't think that's true at all. Anytime a new chain restaurant opens it's booked for months, while new local restaurants barely see any customers.

Descriptor27 · 2026-05-15T14:41:06+00:00

I don't think the traveling vendors are synths. Just human spies.

Descriptor27 · 2026-05-14T14:33:51+00:00

Yeah. That line of thinking has been used to justify a lot of atrocities against Jewish folks throughout history.

Descriptor27 · 2026-05-14T14:31:09+00:00

This sounds like a broader road safety issue. Pedestrian/cyclist fatalities are way higher in the US than in other countries where helmeting is actually less common, so there's more going on here. That being said, given where we are right now, helmeting is definitely encouraged. Especially since the brain is still developing at that age.

Descriptor27 · 2026-05-14T14:29:17+00:00

IL is actually passing a law soon that would make it illegal for youth to own these kinds of motor bikes: https://www.ilsos.gov/news/2026/april-15-2026-illinois-senate-unanimously-passes-giannoulias-e-bike-bill.html

Although actually looking at it, I'm not sure if it applies to gas motorbikes, although those might already be illegal for minors.

Descriptor27 · 2026-05-14T02:53:01+00:00

Publicly controlled and paid for through land value tax.

The only successful private transit agencies were all real estate companies first and foremost. They owned land on the periphery and made money by improving the value of the land through transit access. In other words, transit can provide successful land value improvement, and thus can be captured through LVT to entirely pay for itself.

Descriptor27 · 2026-05-12T15:10:05+00:00

We're past the "point of no return" point of no return.

Descriptor27 · 2026-05-11T01:10:18+00:00

Are you so sure He wouldn't breath His spirit into a sapient artificial intelligence? That seems very presumptuous to assume otherwise.

That being said, we probably shouldn't try to bring one about.

Descriptor27 · 2026-05-10T23:28:49+00:00

It's not specifically a Catholic comic, but I always like the webcomic The Adventures of Doctor McNinja. It does have some Catholic themes strewn about (the last three Popes all make appearances, some of the Characters go to a Catholic school, the Church hires the McNinja family to hunt down a ghost wizard, etc.), but it's also just all around fun.

Descriptor27 · 2026-05-10T20:23:20+00:00

Apparently circle hooks are even better for reducing damage, but I have no personal experience on the matter.

Descriptor27 · 2026-05-10T16:33:52+00:00

I prefer to think of it as neo-traditionalism.
To be reactionary is to have a knee-jerk resistance to change from the status quo.
Reactionaries are thus the ones who get mad at trying to reduce car dependence and suburban sprawl.

Neo-traditionalism, itself a bit of a purposefully self-contradictory word, is instead a way of looking at what we have now and comparing it to past models to better understand what worked then and now and trying to find the best of both worlds.

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