PB & JJ
@freiresprotege
Obsessed with world-making.
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12-06-2022 23:05:46
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Eric Deadmon After 2008, private equity scooped up foreclosures in bulk. Instead of stabilizing the market, they converted homes into rentals and locked out first-time buyers. Firms like Invitation Homes by Blackrock own tens of thousands of houses and raise rents aggressively.
Musk’s Wealth 2012: $2 billion 2025: $436.3 billion Bezos’ Wealth 2012: $18.4 billion 2025: $244.2 billion Zuckerberg’s Wealth 2012: $17.5 billion 2025: $257.8 billion Federal Minimum Wage 2012: $7.25 2025: $7.25 It’s not the start of an oligarchy. — We’re in the thick of it.
When Ian Austin, an Army veteran, was arrested for protesting ICE in Minneapolis, he says he was detained and shackled for hours. “We're turning into something that I can't even begin to respect, and something that I literally went to war—or they told me I went to war—to fight