• sonofearth@lemmy.world
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    There should be a limit on how many sq.ft of home a human can own. If not, tax the hell out of the additional sq.ft. A Family of 4 doesn’t need more than 1200sq.ft of carpet area (approx 3 bedrooms, 1 kitchen and 1 living room house) and that can be done in 2 floors.

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      Did you mean 2200? I had a 1200sqft apartment before and that definitely couldn’t fit a family

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        My 1200 square foot home has 3 bedrooms, 2 bathrooms, laundry, pantries, and an open kitchen, dining, and living room area. The bedrooms aren’t large, but they’re adequate for a family of four.

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        We don’t need to fight over little figures like this. Let’s just multiply op’s figures by 5. And then we can tax a lot after that, multiply that by 10 and tax more than what it’s worth after that.

        Problem isn’t someone living in 2 bedroom per person, it’s when they have multiple mansions. Or multiple “investment properties”, and some of them are just empty because it’s still profitable

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          Let them go as big as they want, but they’re heavily taxed on any residence they control (it can’t be “owned” because there are ways around that word) but don’t live in for at least six months plus one day out of the year. Make this true for everyone. We’re not telling anyone they can’t have a second “vacation” house, just that it won’t be cheap and certainly not profitable. Doesn’t apply to multifamily rental properties of four or more units. Single family home rentals are destroyed, suddenly the market is flooded with cheap homes.

          Also, we need to make it international, in that they’ll be taxed at home for any residences controlled overseas. Of course, they’ll hide them behind shell businesses owned through Nevis, but that’s a different problem that should also be addressed.

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          Oh no, someone is being reasonable on the internet!? ;) that’s a good idea though. Also, rent seeking properties should be taxed higher.

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    Read it as “grifted”, I think my subconscious is trying to say something… Anyway, trying to solve with money a problem you do not understand nor care about seems on brand.

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    The best idea is to get some Japanese knotweed. Have every neighbor plant it and then put their properties up for sale. People have committed suicide over that being so destructive to property. Once discovered, no insurance company will touch him. By the the time he figures it out, that hell of a nightmare plant will have begun to grow up his soul. Honestly, people could do that with all investor properties, or those of other bad citizens. War is upon us.

    Also, arsenic, lead, radioactive material, poison ivy, poison sumac, ragweed, poison oak, hornet, bees, bajillions of mice. There are an infinite amount of things that can be done to fight the bigger pest.

    They could also use ultrasonic pulses through compression drivers pointed at his house constantly and see if he goes nuts. I’d have more fun from the headphone threat than if he just left me alone personally. Hell, I’d trade houses with one of these folks just for that entertainment.

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        To another neighborhood with 11 homes? Didn’t those take 14 years? That weed is a slow growing catastrophe. He’ll put lots of work in before it’s discovered as a problem. And then when he finally leaves, fuck him. Who cares? He as a whole neighborhood that’s fucking worthless.

  • RonnyZittledong@lemmy.world
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    This is clearly just a big “fuck you” to his neighbors since they are probably filthy rich too if they are living next to him and would not have a problem buying noise cancelling headphones.

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      I don’t think it is. I’ve rubbed shoulders with the 1% on a few occasions and they tend to give shit like this the way we give out candy. I’ve heard of little gift baggies worth over 1k distributed in large numbers, and me being impressed by that was surprising to the person talking about it. He acted like it was $30-$60 when he was talking. It’s spending on a completely different scale. Headphones are not a statement. They’re an afterthought.

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    Zuckerberg has spent more than $110 million purchasing at least 11 homes on Edgewood Drive and Hamilton Avenue over the past 14 years,

    Disgusting.

    Underneath the compound, Zuckerberg added 7,000 square feet of space described as “basements,” which to area residents are more akin to “bunkers” or a “billionaire’s bat cave.” Zuckerberg similarly added a 5,000-square-foot underground structure to his compound in Hawaii, which he insists is not a “doomsday bunker.”

    Extraordinarily Wasteful. Selfish. Parasitic.

    In 2016, Palo Alto officials rejected a proposal to demolish four homes and replace them with smaller houses and large basements as part of a wider compound. While the city denied the specific application, Zuckerberg ultimately proceeded gradually, undertaking similar work in a piecemeal fashion to avoid further regulatory hurdles. The Palo Alto City Council and some residents have since criticized what they describe as the exploitation of zoning loopholes and the city’s regulatory inaction.

    Move fast, break things. Do whatever the fuck you want. No one can stop your money.

    Some of these properties that were recently purchased sit unoccupied, despite being in a region known for its acute housing shortage

    Outright evil.

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      Yea it is like a litmus paper for psychopathy. “Here have some donuts to excuse the fact that I have been fucking up your peace for the last decade or so”. Guy probably saw some parents handing candies in an airplane because their kid cried a lot and thought it applied to his case.

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    The headphones are the least insane thing about this construction project. Homie is buying up a residential neighborhood to turn it into a compound with its own private school inside of it.

    But who hasn’t done that.

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        The irony of the dark enlightenment is you have to be such a fucking monumental ignoramous to think the architects will not become its first targets

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        Wtf did I just read. It’s scary how much of that stuff is in Project 2025 and has been executed on.

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          Ah yes, the minds of Curtis Yarvin and Peter Theil. The traitors who want monarchy and transhumanism.They are too psychopathic to realize that if they undergo transhumanism and become one with AI, it will probably remove all the emotional aspect of the creature. When that happens, there is no community, no collaboration, and no desire to reproduce. With this desire to evolve, they will turn themselves into a creature that is incapable of forming the very desire that led them to destroy humanity in the first place. They’ll just be a bunch of brain dead, bad logic. Why do such awful and careless people run the world?

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      hes hoping ride of the “purge” when people starts lopping the oligarchs heads off, all of them are building one of these some form or another.

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        All this does is prolong the terror. We know where it is. No bunker known to man is safe. That’s why governments don’t tell the public where theirs are. You remove all hope from my life and I’ll show up to palo alto with a jack hammer and shovel and be inside his bunker within a week.

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      And the people he’s buying headphones for, he probably wants to move out so he can buy their properties. I suspect their might be a tad of malicious gift giving here.

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        I hope they are wealthy enough to just move and leave a nice spite house right in the middle of his Xavier’s school for psychopathic children.

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    That’s it. From now on I dedicate my life to siphoning as much money from these unethical soulless bastards as possible to divert it to society-beneficial non-profits. More Linux, more skateparks, better education, more affordable housing, universal healthcare, et cetera. Never have I ever loathed one person so much as Mark Zuckerberg.

    🎅 “Yippee ki-yay, motherfucker.”


    ⚜︎ arscyni.cc: modernity ∝ nature.

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      Anytime there’s a movie about a robot being sent to space, it doesn’t go well. I’m told molten metal works better.

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          Him and Mrbeast have that soulless stare. I want a vault tec style experiment where we put these guys in a bunker with a bunch of dangerous items that aren’t weapons and just observe what happens. Musk can join too. I’m talking tools and stuff that these guys have absolutely no idea how to use. Basically manhunt without experience on how to use the tools or guidance on what to do. Allow them more than enough food to survive, but only basic ingredients like raw flour, no frozen pizzas or anything.

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    I’ve had nch for a couple years now and while they do dim it a bit they increase the tinny sound of my music

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    Like Mitt Romney so correctly stated: “They feel they are entitled to it!”
    Except he stated it about people wanting health care! But the true astounding entitlement is with the rich, and with the really rich, it’s mind boggling! They truly believe they DESERVE to be that rich, that they are ENTITLED to every extreme privilege they have!! But an ordinary person working two jobs barely deserve a home, food and health care?!
    Remember the people are allowing this, we could change it easily if a majority really wanted to change it.

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    Guys a fucking joke. Has no insight to the tech industry at all. It’s astounding he still has any money.

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      The secret is that being evil makes life pretty easy, compared to actually trying to contribute to the world. Being ruthless a ruthless and shameless thief, plus a lot of luck, has allowed him to gather absurd quantities of wealth. There’s no talent needed in this screwed up system

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      A lot of that comes from willingly allowing scam ads on his platforms that contribute more than 1 billion to his annual profits.

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      He’s obviously not a fucking joke as you say. He had enough insight to create unlimited wealth, and your jealousy of it is abundant by your comment.

      What would have been better to say is that he had lost sight of anything on a normal level of thinking. His wealth has removed him from normal society and created a psychopath that is looking for any loophole to exploit to get him to his goal.

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        Putin also has “unlimited” wealth.

        This cuckerberg stole ideas, bought competition/politicians to create a market for privacy invading industry without users ever knowing what they’re signing up for. He kept this evil go on through genocide and lots and lots of shit takes.

        He was a psychopath before the “wealth”.

        “People just submitted it. I don’t know why. They ‘trust me’. Dumb fucks.”

        He’s refering to people like you.