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The people who run these departments really ought to do some reflection about the ethics of perpetuating this situation.
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What's remarkable about Houston being the model for addressing homelessness is that it's a low tax jurisdiction. It shows policy > $. Doesnt matter how much $ is put to the problem if policies for permitting, zoning, judicial review, building codes & financing structures are bad.
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Political valence of major entertainment franchises:
Star Wars: revolutionary leftist
Lord of the Rings: pastoralist hippie
Harry Potter: center-right conservative
Batman: reactionary
Star Trek: center-left normie lib
MCU: centrist
Hunger Games: disengaged populist
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Game of Thrones: nihilist
Dune: Jihadist
Matrix: San Francisco woke Luddite
Wheel of Time: anti-feminist
Cyberpunk 2077: punk, appropriately enough
Cowboy Bebop: neoliberal, DUH
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I think the biggest mistake people make in thinking about the Covid era is overrating top-down policy relative to bottom-up behavior.
DCPS was slower to reopen than I preferred but DC charters were even slower to return and clung longer to masks.
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Just watched another show where after a character is clearly vomiting they cut to a shot of the vomit. I just dont understand why.
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