• OwOarchist@pawb.social
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    17 days ago

    Mamdani: “You have to actually fix problems with rental units, as you’re required to by both the lease agreements and state law. We’re going to start actually enforcing state law on the matter.”

    Blackrock: “How are we supposed to operate in the city with such a threat to our business model?”

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      17 days ago

      Wait you can actually fix things by fixing things? You dont have to wait forever for the free market to finally stop crushing orphans? Shocking revelation.

  • IchNichtenLichten
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    17 days ago

    It’s like a tick threatening to leave a dog after it gets treated for parasites.

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    17 days ago

    Its as though rich people genuinely believe that the rest of us need them. As if our poverty stricken asses wouldn’t be able to figure out how to pay someone to build a house if some fuckhead didn’t already own all the houses or something.

  • BarneyPiccolo@lemmy.today
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    After that Healthcare CEO got offed, his and other healthcare companies loosened up their denial standards, and millions got treatment they’d been fighting for. Eventually, the.companies went back to business as usual.

    All that means is that we have to randomly execute a CEO every few months, to keep them on track.