it's kinda crazy that the british like sandwiches so much they named a whole duchy after them

it's kinda funny how germany is principally opposed to building infrastructure.

"idol culture" is fucking insane to me. genuinely cannot imagine interacting with music and musicians like that. just combine all the worst things about the music industry and then form a subculture about those industry parts instead of the music. insane. spiritual death

my favorite defense of commodified housing has got to be that many people, especially in the middle class, own their housing as their main financial asset, and that they can leverage that asset for investments. yes, and that's a bad thing. that is bad. in order for this to be sustainable, the value of housing has to permanently rise at minimum at the same rate as the rest of the economy grows, but preferably faster, so the demand has to permanently outsize the supply. your middle class' interest is directly tied to the housing crisis. and if you "solve" the housing crisis (through market mechanisms), you're ruining your middle class. this is a bad system!