Everywhere, governments ARRANGE empty housing units by taxing empty units so little that keeping them empty produces money waiting for "lack of housing" to drive housing prices up.

It is a crime. Cutting taxes on speculators emptying homes is an AREANGED crime. Increasing housing costs is the only product. While making people homeless.

Japan

"High-rise condos used more as an investment tool than a home"

https://www.asahi.com/sp/ajw/articles/15679993

#taxEmptyUnits #speculation #empty
#housing #canpoli

https://www.wacoca.com/games/1073029/ Sims 4 Cars FINALLY Coming? EA’s New Survey Hints at Cars, Hair Stylists, Dentists, & Much More! #“ts2” #and #Arts #businesses #cc #discussion #EA #electronic #ep #Expansion #ExpansionPack #Game #hobbies #Info #kit #KitPack #kits #life #Life&Death #MOD #mods #news #Pack #packs #paralives #pixelade #PS4GAMES #Sims #Sims4 #Simulation #speculation #stuff #the #TheSims #TheSims1 #TheSims2 #TheSims3 #TheSims4 #Thoughts #ts3 #TS4 #yt:quality=high #ドラゴンクエストV天空の花嫁

"This article explores the puzzling ups and downs of Tesla, going through one the most volatile stock market swings of the recent past, under conditions of financialised capitalism. We adopt a conjunctural approach, highlighting both the macro and micro dynamics shaping the firm’s financial market trajectory. Among these, meticulously maintained narratives, boosted by social media, attracted dedicated followers, while the rise of new retail trading platforms and excitement around Tesla’s index inclusion helped in producing its stock ‘mementum’. This volatility was further supported by an exceptionally large volume of financial derivatives trading, paralleling a public battle between short sellers and the company’s defenders. The resulting stock market boom enabled Tesla to stabilise its finances, whilst its ‘mercurial’ CEO Elon Musk negotiated the largest executive compensation package in US corporate history, turning him into the world’s richest individual. In conclusion, we argue that Tesla serves as an emblematic case of an increasingly tech-driven financialised capitalism, which scholars could use as a window to study future conjunctures."

https://www.cambridge.org/core/journals/finance-and-society/article/capitalising-on-conjunctures-teslas-ups-and-downs-in-financialised-capitalism/004CA3F5233945EA10402713ECC1C830

#endstage #capitalism = #fascism + #racism is ONLY the #symptom: IT'S NOT LEFT VS RIGHT: IT'S TOP (RICH) VS DOWN (POOR) AND IF THERE ARE ENOUGH (!) STUPID POOR, THE RICH WILL WIN (UNFORTUNATELY)
#DEMOCRACY WITHOUT EDUCATION IS DEADLY DANGEROUS! (SEE BELOW VIDEO)

REALIZE THIS: #BANKS PRINT #MONEY "#QUANTITATIVEEASING" AND BUY REAL THINGS = #INFLATION

at the end of the day Jill + Joe can not afford a home #realestate #speculation #madness

after DECADES of #corruption (revolving door #private and #government in #USA but also #EU #Germany) people feel (rightfully) exploited and are looking for answers (the easy answers are usually NOT the right answers X-D)

"what? i am poor because private banks robbed my purchasing power?" is way more complicated than "foreigners out" and let's switch on #nuclearpower and #bigoil again X-D

check out this VERY FUN AND EDUCATIONAL 4min VIDEO about #demagogues and how #democracy dies ancient greece had THE SAME problems as today #wtf

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fLJBzhcSWTk

https://archive.org/details/socrates-how-democracy-dies-aka-how-demagogues-populists-ruined-ancient-greece-democracy

check here for possible reform solutions https://infosec.exchange/@Linknation/113940039337493666

#Leaked #memo adds to #speculation of #Justice #JohnRoberts' #MAGA #Politics

A new #report #details how Roberts has allegedly gotten closer to #ConvictedFelon #DonaldTrump.

#Women #Transgender #LGBTQ #LGBTQIA #Conservatives #Extremism #Fascism #Religion #Courts #Corruption #Partisanship #RepublicanParty #ThePartyOfHate #EmptyThePews

https://theweek.com/politics/supreme-court-roberts-maga

In the early the 1990’s, during his visit to Wall Street for a documentary, Robert Downey Jr. shared his thoughts on the experience. This is what he had to say:

"If money is evil, then that building is hell. This is the most obnoxious group of money-hungry, low IQ, high energy, jackrabbit, fucking wannabe big time, small time shit talking, bothersome, irritating bunch of motherfuckers I have ever had to endure for more than five minutes.”

It's as true now as it was then. And these are the people we have decided deserves to be rewarded most for their "contributions” to society.

I gotta admit I've become a bit fixated on Jack Clayton's 'Something Wicked This Way Comes' (1983) because I'm getting the impression that the film he directed is VASTLY different than the movie that was released in theaters.

#genre #movies #jackclayton #somethingwickedthiswaycomes #georgesdelerue #music #soundtrack
#conjecture #speculation

https://youtu.be/TUqvMqpRff8

The Utopia episode Starting the Conversation (s0206) revolves around real estate speculators taking public service managers out for golf and 15 course meals. To push them for zoning changes, so they can pump and dump marginal land they bought cheap and land-banked.

The way Jim parrots their talking points, and Tony anticipates them, priceless. Strangely, exactly the same talking points we hear from the NatACTs ...

Today in Labor History August 14, 1850: A squatters' riots occurred in Sacramento, California. At the time, Sacramento was an unincorporated territory. Many people had moved to the region for the gold rush, resulting in land speculation and skyrocketing rents. The squatters vowed to defend their claims by force and created their own militia, consisting of dozens of men. The property owners called in the regional militia, with over 500 men. 2 squatters and 3 militiamen died in the battles, as well as 2 bystanders.

#OprahWinfrey Just Addressed The Decades-Long #Speculation That She And #GayleKing Are #Secretly A #Lesbian #Couple.

“I used to say to her: ‘You’ve got to do a show on this, because it’s hard enough for me to get a #date on Saturday night without people thinking we’re #gay!” Gayle joked.

#Women #Lesbians #LGBTQ #LGBTQIA #Entertainment #TV #Representation #Culture

https://www.buzzfeednews.com/article/stephaniesoteriou/oprah-winfrey-gayle-king-lesbian-rumors

Was #JFK #bisexual? A #viral #tweet is reigniting #speculation — here's the #tea

Was #President #JohnFKennedy #family? Here's what we know about his #forgotten #queer #history.

#Women #Transgender #LGBTQ #LGBTQIA #History #Presidents #Representation? #Culture

https://www.pride.com/history/was-jfk-bisexual

S2.9 is now available on YouTube!

In this episode, Ariel discusses the topic of ecocriticism with Dr Jenny Kerber, Associate Professor of English at Wilfrid Laurier University.

What is ecocriticism? Why is it important, especially for environmental activists and solarpunks, as a narrative reframing device? Solarpunks work very closely with speculation and imagination and as architects of the narratives by which we live our lives, it helps to have tools like ecocriticism at our disposal.

Join Ariel and Dr. Kerber to think through terms like “wilderness” and “nature” and “the Anthropocene”. How do we hold on to hope, despite critical engagement with the dark side of our environmental narratives?

https://youtu.be/uSz6YvhVsLI

#solarpunk #SolarpunkPresentsPodcast #ecocriticism @academicchatter #NarrativeReframing #Wilderness #Environment #EnvironmentalFiction #Environmentalism #Ecofiction #academia #GreenAcademia #speculation