• @totallynotarobot
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        710 months ago

        The filler words here changed the meaning of the title such that it has to be read several times and the meaning inferred.

        Filler words that don’t make the product incoherent are fine.

        • @saltesc
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          10 months ago

          I assumed they were there as an alternative to tALKinG LIkE tHiS and there was something stupid said in the news that I missed.

          OP is asking a genuine question?

          • @totallynotarobot
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            310 months ago

            It’s incoherent so I have no idea. They could also be asking why the government isn’t nationalized the way power plants are.

            There is no news link, so that’s unlikely. But it also doesn’t specify what country they’re in or which government / level of government they’re talking about.

  • @Magister
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    1110 months ago

    In Québec, power comes from Hydro-Quebec and is owned by the government.

    Hundreds of people live in the streets while there is like 13’000 appartments on Airbnb.

    • cyberpotato
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      610 months ago

      Yep it’s not really the lack of housing here that is the problem. More so that landlords don’t want to sell since they make more money in the long term by renting.

      • @MrBakedBeansOnToast
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        310 months ago

        I mean it’s not like a homeless person would buy it, if they were to decide to sell.

      • @Ilovethebomb
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        210 months ago

        So, and this is a wild concept, why don’t we build more?

        • @[email protected]
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          410 months ago

          And who builds them? Rich people. Who continue to act the way they do. It’s not as simple as just building more, the system needs to change completely.

          • @Ilovethebomb
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            010 months ago

            So, because someone will likely make money off the process, we shouldn’t build them?

          • @Ilovethebomb
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            110 months ago

            Because then we can have Airbnbs for tourists, and housing for workers as well?

  • @[email protected]
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    10 months ago

    Makes to much sense.

    We prefer to privatize the gains, and socialize the losses. That way when the electric grid fails, the multibillion dollar corporate utility companies can be bailed out by their customers

    (Just realized this is posted in Canada. I’m in the states)