Erik Haugen @ech@qoto.org

@VeroniqueB99 That comment from Vance is wrong in several ways, but Aaron's reply is ignorant.

Yes, even if the 30 million people can't afford 250k houses and mortgages, all else being equal if they live somewhere it still drives home prices up. obviously.

The question is why would "all else be equal": isn't the problem why aren't we building more houses?

@streetartutopia Musk can not use his 7b to feed everyone. This is literally not possible. 😂

@hosford42 @QasimRashid I think that idea of "underlying dissatisfaction with the status quo" and "shitty options" gets at it, yeah.

I'm not sure exactly what you mean by "oligarchy and wealth inequality", but I think both flavors of populism are lashing out against things adjacent to that. For example, the factory in your town shut down to be relocated overseas, so you're pretty mad about that and want Trump to stick it to the wealthy execs who threw you under the bus to pump their stock up. Distrust of "big tech" etc and their control of society (oligarchy)

Both are pretty wary of banks. Remember when Tucker was praising Elizabeth Warren's proposals? haha

@QasimRashid You're probably right about authenticity being appealing.

I think both the Trump lane and the Mamdani/Sanders/etc lane appeal to a certain set of populists; they're outsiders, "try something different", very sincere, etc. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sanders%E2%80%93Trump_voters It's a thing.

@yodaladywhooo @randahl well, it's war, whether its terrorists or a state (or both, I guess, like this one?). Yes this pretty much happens every time.

@sandorspruit @randahl @JorisMeys probably way more tons of explosives but fewer civilian casualties.

@randahl International aid to Palestine is typically $1B / year, right? give or take? US and European Commission give most of that I think. I expect that will continue.

Hopefully it can be used to fix infrastructure instead of attacking Israeli civilians going forward, that would be nice.

"This is not the aftermath... " Randahl it sounds like you had an idea of how IDF could have wiped out Hamas (which obviously needed to happen) without as many civilian casualties. I've never heard of such a plan; while it's maybe a bit late care to articulate it?

@Amoshias @georgetakei (Not that George cares about any of this nuance, he just compared someone getting deported to Ann Frank; he (or whoever is running is socials) is a little detached.)

@badrihippo @jwz Thanks, but that was not the part that was confusing me :)

@Amoshias @georgetakei Wouldn't it also matter that the people in question haven't been convicted yet? Or that the person doesn't know if they've been convicted?

@QasimRashid @Stoneycase That doesn't really answer the question, that's a different question.

@jwz I hate airshows as much as the next guy but I have no idea what this cartoon is trying to tell me, if anything.

@mcnado "his guys"? https://www.presidency.ucsb.edu/documents/trump-campaign-press-release-fact-joe-bidens-anti-vaccine-rhetoric-anti-science-and

@llewelly @Teri_Kanefield I feel like it's making a comeback – liberal ideals vs. the excess of the identarian left or right; is it just me?

@kritischelezer @IndyRichard I bet you're a lot of fun at parties.

@michaelgemar @cstross There's a ~republican voter data/analysis platform called "Numinar". They didn't even spell it right.

I applied to work there they didn't give me the time of day.😂

@cy @IndyRichard Maybe. It gets shit done, though.

@IndyRichard "private sector starting looting the public sector" – I have no idea what that means. 😂

@sstrader @Dolphinchaz yeah I think the posters here saying it might be AI generated might be right. It does feel like something he might say, though, so in that sense it doesn't matter much.

Great way to get normies to ignore you, I guess.