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[–][deleted] 2 insightful - 1 fun2 insightful - 0 fun3 insightful - 1 fun -  (4 children)

My reddit friend was big into antiwork, pretty sure it was originally about being lazy and living off universal basic income. Lot of welfare peeps. I don't follow it but I'm guessing with Covid it attracted a more mainstream following who did just want better working conditions. And then there's the greedy bankers taking advantage.

[–]jet199 3 insightful - 1 fun3 insightful - 0 fun4 insightful - 1 fun -  (3 children)

I'd say the bankers likely came first.

Universal income is a way to get everyone in thrall to the state so they can then be easily targeted by businesses promising fake choices.

[–][deleted] 4 insightful - 1 fun4 insightful - 0 fun5 insightful - 1 fun -  (2 children)

Subscribers are huge these days. They want us all renting and owning nothing. They buy up the homes and the used cars. I just read people are paying over sticker on new cars without blinking. That was engineered.

[–]Mikulbleu 2 insightful - 1 fun2 insightful - 0 fun3 insightful - 1 fun -  (1 child)

Doesn’t airbnb own like half of San Francisco already? I heard the “weekend rental” apps are buying up a lot of real estate and renting it out

[–][deleted] 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

Not sure about AirBnB but Zillow was doing something like that, didn't work out well for them.