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In my country, some people have decided that a Homeowner's Association (HOA) is the body that decides, and for those who don't want to live subject to an HOA, their city, county, and/or an AI make that decision. And of course the companies insuring the homes also have a say in the condition of the properties they insure.
Right now, for example, a city in my area has decided to place cameras on all the municipal and trash vehicles. Those cameras take pictures of everybody's house at least once a month, and AI flags any pictures that it decides appear to show a property to be in less than excellent condition. A human at city hall is allegedly tasked with reviewing all those flagged pictures, and notices and fines get sent to the homeowners that the human decides needs to be notified and fined for the condition of their property.
I suspect that someone will be able to chime in that insurance companies are buying overhead and satellite imagery of all the homes that they insure, and that they also have AI inspecting the properties they insure for roof damage, debris surrounding the property, and checking that branches aren't encroaching on roofs, and flagging any images that would indicate that the policy should be cancelled for non-compliance.
I imagine that this system or something resembling it would be carried over to ensure that the properties are kept in "excellent" condition.
50 years ago it was cocaine, 40 years ago there was crack, 30 years ago it was heroin, 20 years ago we had bath salts, 10 years ago it was gas station drugs and meth, 5 years ago it was Ivermectin, this year it's SF techies doing their own research into peptides and taking some. Taking the latest drug (or peptide in 2026) is its own benefit.
This alone has helped me immensely. Avoiding the latest ragebait that spills over into other subs from r/mildlyinfuriating alone has reduced my stress level.
This site has as much of an ideological slant as any other site, this isn't a unique oasis in a sea of partisan echo chambers.
Given how permissive the architecture of the internet is from TCP/IP on up, I think you could formulate a vigorous argument backing up this assertion.
What you're proposing (ending consumerism, tourism) is nothing short of revolutionary. I don't imagine that the future is going to be bloodless with or without a revolution.
For example, why did the Nazis pass a law strengthening protections for animals? Was it for moral and ethical concern of animals? Or was it so when they later dehumanized Jews that they had a legal framework describing how they could treat Jews like draft horses and lab rats, and protecting the Nazis who would conduct torturous experiments on them? The Nazi motivation for any action is corrupt and inseparable from their antisemitism and genocidal conduct. This is why the greyed out commenter above feels that the opinion of a Nazi sympathizer doesn't matter, because one can't tell whether or not their opinion is based on antisemitism and genocidal ideation or not.
Knowing that antisemitism is coming back into style, and seeing your agreement with this infamous Nazi's law, I'm finding your earlier denial of Naziism suspect. One cannot simply agree with a Nazi without casting suspicion upon oneself and one's motivations.
edit: I can't reply to your comment below, so I'll respond to your question here. Knowing the atrocities and the genocide that the Nazis committed behind the cover of the law, and how their antisemitism was at the root of so many of their laws and actions, I would never agree with any of the laws the Nazis passed. I would be concerned that I would be validating, enabling, or endorsing the antisemitism that inspired any particular opinion or law.
For example, why did the Nazis pass a law strengthening protections for animals? Was it for moral and ethical concern of animals, or was it so when they later dehumanized Jews that they had a legal framework protecting the Nazis who would conduct torturous experiments on them? Their motivation for any action is corrupt and inseparable from their antisemitism and genocidal conduct.
Knowing that antisemitism is coming back into style, and seeing your agreement with this infamous Nazi's law, I find myself finding your denial of Naziism suspect. One cannot simply agree with a Nazi without casting suspicion upon oneself. But thank you for your bravery.
I apologize is not an apology any more than saying, "I work out" is a workout. The fascist who considers his opposition antifa is in no way contrite. People only say "I apologize" because it's a whole lot easier to say than "I'm sorry."
It may be anachronistic thinking in _your_ mind, but people like me who had been insulated from the affordability problems under Biden are no longer able to ignore just how expensive things have gotten. I assure you that Democrats can target middle class Gen X and Baby Boomer independents to vote blue this fall by pointing out that Chili's has a 3 for $11 deal going on right now while a Famous Star combo at Carl's is $14.
> Trump isn’t having an easy time winning
I've seen no indication that Trump is winning in any way.
> it may even impact the midterms it’s that bad
I'm not worried. Democrats haven't been out in any meaningful way banging the drum of affordability. They could hang $5/gal gas and $14 fast food combos on Trump and this war he started, but instead they've been beating back Democratic Socialists, declaring themselves capitalists, and extolling the virtues of Graham Platner up until about a week ago.
The Bush administration sold the claim in part because of aluminum tubes which they claimed could be used to create ballistic missiles. Clinton, who herself voted for the Authorization for Use of Military Force Against Iraq Resolution of 2002, is aware that parts that could be used to build ballistic missiles is pretty much fungible with nukes in a lot of American's minds.
It's not the commenter who is trying to equate missiles with nukes, it's the American political discourse that posited and accepted this claim nearly 25 years ago.
Less than three months passed between the diagnosis and when I first got sent to collections.
You wouldn't believe the deluge of bills that come in from doctors, imaging centers, and various labs. If you need to get in an ambulance, you may get bills from both the ambulance company AND the fire fighers who show up and check out the action while the paramedics work. That audience alone set me back $225. I think the ambulance wanted another $200 on top of that. They dinged my insurance $2800. I was driven 700 feet to the emergency room. I don't recall a whole lot, but I asked for and received 7 heated blankets in the ER. $50 each.
The bill that got me sent to collections was for less than $60 for a lab in Texas. They sent two bills that got buried in the pile next to the door. At the time I got the collections call, I found it challenging to walk from my bed to the mailbox. My surgeon wanted me to walk one mile per day. My credit is about 80 points lower now.
I had hoped that the ACA would be a stepping stone to a better health system in this country. It could still happen, but not while we allow corporations to seek rents as we all inevitably fall ill. Until then, OP is right, don't get sick in America.