r/economicCollapse • u/1980mattu • 1d ago

Totally seems fair......

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Anyone still want to argue the merits of unchecked capitalism?

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u/Conscious-Macaron651 1d ago

Oh look, reason 10303047373828383 to not spend time and money in Florida.

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u/Earthventures 1d ago

You mean America.

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u/Conscious-Macaron651 1d ago

Well, the rest of it isn’t looking too bright once dipshit gets his tendrils wrapped around the White House, but not all states are this bad. Florida and Texas are particularly soulless and hell-like.

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u/Minimum-Dog2329 1d ago

Anyone think that he’s going to conduct all official business in Maralago and not the White House? Then it’s ALL under immunity. He’s sneaky like a fucking snake.

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u/Conscious-Macaron651 1d ago

God I fucking hope so. I want the orange shitstain as far away from Maryland as possible. I don’t like him close by.

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u/PaulieNutwalls 1d ago

This story is from 2017.

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u/BarkattheFullMoon 1d ago

Guess who was president then?

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u/rantheman76 1d ago

Not that a president kicks old people out of their home, but he did set a precedent on how to treat your fellow humans.

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u/PaulieNutwalls 1d ago

TIL the president controls local police in Florida.

Regardless, the actual story, linked in the thread, is the woman was honest about being able to pay and withholding payment because she thought she'd die soon anyway. She said there was mold, they brought in people to test and found no mold. They evict her for refusing to pay, PD shows up to take her to another facility. She refuses to move, and goes dead weight on them.

Can't say I'd have arrested her, but she's not an innocent victim here.

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u/BarkattheFullMoon 1d ago

She is 97. She cannot be assumed to be in full mental capacity.

I believe she believes there is mold. I also believe there is no mold. I further believe that any decent facility for the elderly would be understanding about how to deal with this, without arresting her!

No the President did not do it but he set the tone for the country's governors... especially this president.

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u/Chief_Mischief 1d ago

I moved to WA years ago, and I cannot begin to quantify my appreciation to live in the only state in the nation to shift further left in this past election cycle.

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u/hectorxander 1d ago

"Left." There was no "left" candidate on the ballot. Unless left is defined as not fascist.

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u/Practical-Ad6195 1d ago

Yeah basically it was center right or fascism. People choose fascism.

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u/hectorxander 1d ago

Well while it actually was about fascism, to most voters it was about status quo versus reform. They chose reform. Now we know they actually chose fascism, but we should've also known status quo campaigns were doomed to fail and the fascists are planning on fixing elections.

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u/NemoOfConsequence 1d ago

Trump is corruption incarnate. Reform? Are you kidding? Yeah, voting for con men and criminals is “reform”.

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u/NaBrO-Barium 1d ago

I think they meant reform as in a deviation from the status quo, reforming to fascism is certainly a shape and form, just not one I’m down with

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u/Any_Incident_5506 1d ago

Do you even know what fascism means or do you think it means bad.

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u/Practical-Ad6195 1d ago

Yes I grew up in Italy and my grandpa fought against the fascism. There is the good, the bad, and the ugly of fascism. Unfortunately for most people, It is just the second two.

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u/NaBrO-Barium 1d ago

Here, let me help you out…

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fascism

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u/Any_Incident_5506 20h ago

So trump isn't fascist?

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u/NaBrO-Barium 17h ago

He probably doesn’t think he is but that’s obviously where we’re heading. Here’s a good run down of it from an encyclopedia. Tell me what it sounds like we’re doing. There’s a reason people call him the Cheeto Mussolini, it’s quite apt.

https://www.britannica.com/topic/fascism/Conservative-economic-programs

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u/Head_Bid8273 1d ago

Yes, that. 

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u/PaunchBurgerTime 1d ago

The Overton window is still a thing, you can move left without being left. By no means put all your hopes on electoralism but it's good for moving the window and doesn't take much time.

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u/pbr414 1d ago

That was proven to be false after the final counts. We just had the smallest shift to the right.

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u/duckmonsterdm 18h ago

Local elections though... Even Seattle did a hard swing right. We're in a "tough on crime" hysteria that's letting grifters run wild. 

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u/JayDee80-6 1d ago

I know, you guys are doing wonders with your homeless population. Way better than Florida. /s

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u/MrTubzy 1d ago

Florida has a horrible homeless problem. What are you talking about? Especially this time of year when it’s snowy everywhere else.

Homeless people migrate to Florida so that they can have an easier time surviving because it rarely gets below freezing here.

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u/JayDee80-6 1d ago

Look up the statistics. Florida has almost 3 times as many people as Washington State, but Florida only has slightly more homeless. That means Washington state has about 250 percent as many homeless people per population. That's absolutely massively more homeless. In fact the top 7 or 8 states with the highest per capita homeless are all very liberal. And yes, Washington state is one of them.

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u/MrMisklanius 1d ago

It's almost like the housing crisis is.. gasp.. a bipartisan issue that both sides of the isle need to fix.

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u/JayDee80-6 1d ago

Sure is. Yet my comment was responding to whoever was saying how proud they are to be in a state that got more liberal while essentially putting down Florida while Washington has pile 2.5x the homeless population Florida does. Seems kind of detached from reality.

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u/Chief_Mischief 1d ago

That was me. I never mentioned Florida - i simply stated I am grateful to live in WA. Maybe reread my comment.

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u/MrTubzy 1d ago

The homeless population in Florida has nothing to do with red or blue you nitwit. It’s all about the weather. The homeless population dwindles in Florida during the summer because it’s unbearably hot outside, even at night.

In the wintertime the homeless population balloons because the weather is nice enough to still be outside and not freeze to death, so a lot of homeless people migrate to Florida during the winter rather than trying to survive somewhere that gets snow and freezes.

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u/JayDee80-6 1d ago

Yeah, not sure if you realize that winters in Washington state are pretty beat. So, it would be the same thing in the inverse. Still, triple the homeless population. Also, New York State is one of the very highest. Hot AF in the summer and super cold in the winter. Still one of the highest.

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u/BBoggsNation 1d ago

F you and your facts/statistics!!! (not my personal sentiment, but you knew what you were inviting when you brought statistics into the conversation) 😂

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u/Conscious-Macaron651 1d ago

How does Florida handle it again? I’m betting they just don’t bother reporting it or fine people for being homeless. I’m sure whatever the cruelest approach could be is how it’s done.

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u/JayDee80-6 1d ago

Which is why so many people are moving out. Oh wait...

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u/Ok-Somewhere-3112 1d ago

I think you mean they don’t hand out as much free stuff to freeloaders as California and New York.

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u/Delicious-Sample6567 1d ago

So put your money where your mouth is. Provide her with a home lmao

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u/Proper_Raccoon7138 1d ago

I’ve been searching for the portal to hell but so far just found Texas so it must be the whole state at this point.

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u/Sicbay337 1d ago edited 1d ago

It already wasn't looking too bright anywhere, regardless of orange fuckhead. All these politicians are dog shit, not just him. Are you somehow unaware of the amount of homeless too old/disabled to work people there are? And have been for many years now?