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When you make evictions hard or impossible, the owners of housing will respond accordingly. That is, they will make rent higher, spend more time filtering applicants, etc etc. The solution is to build more housing, but the NIMBYs hate that.

So sad to see such a dumb policy get enacted that will undoubtedly harm young people who want get an apartment.

Do you want to ban almonds because they require a lot of water? (1000x more AI?)

> Most people don’t want this, and there will only be so long you can keep shoving it down their throats.

Believe it or not, the vast majority of people love free markets and the products that result from them. Probably because we have yet to find a system that does it better.

It is an example of how cities regulate housing, which I believe pushes prices up, not down.

You choose to own a pet. Building owners choose to set the rent.

What exactly is the problem, here? Other than a small group of people wanting special treatment?

The typical American views a businessman who built (and lied and stole) a company as more experienced than senator who signs mostly bills that rename post offices.

The Democrats continue to insist that this isn't the case. And keep losing.

She was perceived by middle America as a left-wing candidate coming from a left-wing state.

Not really sure what you are arguing. The polls all showed this.

Nope. Just people who want candidates who can beat terrible people like Trump. It really isn't that hard. Biden did it.

We live in a two party system. Winning elections is important. Fielding left-wing candidates with no accomplishments makes Trump happen. It's not that complicated.

Figuring out how we got here is how we figure out how to get out of here.

Do you blame Trump or the democrats who force candidates like Harris or Clinton as choices? The blame lies just as much with those who have an entirely unpopular view of how the country should function, forcing those in the middle to Trump/etc.

Of course, much of this is due to continued polarization, notably in cities where socialism has grown popular and in the rural areas, where MAGA is rampant.

Nothing demonstrates more how the Verge has veered into la-la land leftism than this article. This new advanced technology stopped some criminals from carrying a gun and probably killing someone and this article basically anti-waymo claptrap.

The sanctimonious arrogance from the left is a thrill to read about.

From a simple thing, the downside of covid lockdowns are not about missing your favorite restaurants or a "haircut" or some other casual hobby. It was the difference between working and getting money to feed your kids and not doing that. Because believe it or not, some people have to go do real work everyday.

You, as a member of the laptop class, simply have no idea what that is about. Saying people should be locked down, even when we have vaccines/treatments for something comparable to the flu is embarrassing.