Actually when they do that slumlords bring them to fourth for non-payment evictions. It’s illegal to withhold unless you pay into the court registry apparently.

It’s mind blowing. I went to public school in CT and remember teachers always stressing the importance of source credibility. Bibliographies and citations were always required and Wikipedia was never acceptable.

I also remember learning back in middle school how to determine whether a source is providing opinion or fact and if that source is credible or not.

The US and Americans are the most propagandized people on the planet. Your propaganda is so good it makes the Chinese and Russians salivate.

those accomplishments were made by society and the work of people as a whole and not by capitalism. by that same line of logic, marxist-leninism in the USSR was equally successful. This also has nothing to do with realism but go off.

agreed. as much as I have issues with DSA as an anarchist, It's a start for organizing at the spot you seem to be at with your views. and for reading resources I recommend the anarchist library or Red Ink in Providence

No, it's a word I've never heard before! I am a doner & souvlaki fan, but this is different. Maybe it's called "tanuiti"?

Well I do know that capitalism has singly increased the average age of expiration, quality of life, healthcare, than any other form of communal structure we’ve seen yet. So instead of burning down the house to fix a few rotted beams maybe support them then replace as needed.

I guess I’m too much of a realist to even consider any national restructuring of government with a population of ~330m people without massive bloodshed or natural disaster.

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SAME!

Capitalism and the state are the source of the problem and not a means to a solution. I wish it were that easy but it really isn't. this is the same thought process that Lenin used and we all know how that ended

Tenants can withhold rent until essential services are repaired. There is already a lever they can pull.

you a member of DSA?

See that’s where we disagree, I feel the best and most effective way to control this problem and lead to minimizing human suffering is to utilize capitalism however faulted it may be. The problem I see is a lack of accountability at the local and state level. I believe changing the environment at this point is wishful thinking, that the best foot forward is to utilize a balance of social netting and community advocacy that’s near compulsory by its nature.

prices going up creates a rise in evictions and homelessness so yeah.

Flynn was the deep state

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>Second, the housing shortage in the US exists for the most part due to the prices of available housing

What's the logic there, prices going up makes demand go up too? Usually it's the other way around.

I don't care about finance, it's a spook. It only exists to perpetuate these systemic problems. I'm not saying we should wish away the constraints of the environment, but that we must change the environment itself. the system doesn't work and only serves to maintain these issues.

I think that’s fantastic and I support this. Expose, investigate, and prosecute.

Who do you believe finances the construction of multi-family homes or complexes, the construction firms? They are individuals who then rent out those units after final construction.

I would agree with everything you said about the housing shortage. Yet you state that zoning as one of them which is a limit put on primarily the financiers and future landlords of properties they aren’t allowed to build.

When solving an engineering problem you cannot just wish the constraints of the environment were different. You accept the constraints and work as best as you can around them, meaning if you want to help the most people don’t fight the system but make the system work for you and your goals for your community. As the idea of housing as a commodity being inherently wrong is a communistic ideal and not inherently wrong in any way. Except for that it is not within the parameters of the environment that is the modern US. Instead of changing the overall system, work to do your best within the system. That’s using your energy most efficiently and effectively.

I have to check that out, thanks! The fresh cooked dough thing always gets me.

yes we should get rid of capitalism. if we don't rid ourselves of capitalism and the state, the world will turn into a desert

Yes we are calling for a boycott of this landlord and investigation by the state of Rhode Island.

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Literally haven't stopped talking about it since my first one. An older woman (mother? Grandmother?) actually cooked it for me, which made it more amazing, tbh in Grandmas we trust!... They don't make them in their Barrington restaurant - just at MHF for some reason! I hope you get to try one!!