investing in a home that has force air, a dish washer, pvc piping that will last 100 years, a mound system that wont need pumping like a septic system, etc. makes sense.

old houses are just flammable shitboxes where a lot of costs are deferred, like heating/cooling, etc. comfort is worth investing in, as is life of a good.

again, there ARE nefarious actors in the space, and plenty of fuckery, but a lot of legitimate factors.

shot 9 times lol. 9 times.

u shoot a guy with a knife once, MAYBE twice. 9 times is a jumpy liability of a cop. tbh.

Id like to see the legal argument that you forfeit your right to life if you open carry with the intent to potentially stop crime.

if criminals are invading your neighborhood and you walk outside with a firearm to potentially dissuade people from wrongdoing and administer first aid to people who might be hurt are you forfeiting your right to self defense and therefore your right to life if some pedophile attacks you? Certainly not morally or on libertarian grounds. A tyrannical government may disagree. I don't see the law substantiating that at this point.

Yeah, but the largest factor by far is homes as an investment vehicle, which prices out the average consumer.

Which is a big reason why the average consumer is worse off now compared to the 80s. They're paying double after inflation to live in the same house you're describing as a flammable shitbox. It's not like we just decided to upgrade every home in the country. The new ones are mostly higher income.

This post was edited by NetflixAdaptationWidow on Nov 3 2021 03:36pm

how tf if he has a gun in the driver seat. You don't fight cops and go for what looks to be a gun? Where would you assume hes doing to? Just put on his seat belt and drive off? I'd assume a gun or another weapon.

What do you mean by this? Are you referring to wealthy people who are buying up real estate as other than their primary residence?

We have such a problem where I live. There are too many wealthy foreign buyers buying up houses, apartments everywhere and they then rent them out to people to make a profit. Regular people can't afford homes anymore.

This post was edited by JessiWan on Nov 3 2021 03:41pm

There are tons of companies that buy homes to rent them, and companies that buy mortgages for the payout over time.

The 2008 housing bubble and crash was caused by investment Banks buying up mortgages because of the safe payout. Then because the bank making the initial loan was selling them to the investment bank's for a profit they had no incentive to make sure the mortgages were actually safe. And when anybody can get a mortgage it drives demand up and therefore housing prices up.


This still exists to a huge extent. My mortgage was sold before i made my first payment. But its not as bad as 2008

This post was edited by NetflixAdaptationWidow on Nov 3 2021 03:52pm

Pipe down, you. I agree with him in most every way on this issue. I'm just pointing out that there is true merit to whether a person can claim self-defense in certain situations.







The legal argument will most certainly be laid out in this very case. We will see.

Have people not been arrested for planning acts of domestic terrorism? He was part of an active Facebook group that had comments of shooting protestors, and he was given a firearm. Is this not planning an act violence? Seems like it. Is it really self defence if there was pre-meditated violence? He went there after posting with the group and allowed the group to arm him. I think there's more to the case of why hes there to begin with and if it really is self defense. I agree with everyone here that the shots themselves were defensive, but again like others said is it really self defense. Well see what the jury decides.

I would have to do some digging but I bet there's been similar cases in the past with those engaging in radical online groups and possessing the means to carry out violence via the acts described in those groups.

This post was edited by SBD on Nov 3 2021 04:02pm