"The warmth of collectivism" is really like falling into hot water, or, as the saying goes: ratcheting up the heat on a pot of water until the frog in the pot boils to death.
“The warmth of collectivism” is a damning insight into the minds of entitled leftists, on par with Hilary’s reference to “deplorables”. Taking bets on how long it will take for that phrase to boomerang on Mamdani.
Remember, artists (well, more or less) are always ahead of everyone else. That craze for zombie films and TV series did not come out of nowhere. They were trying to tell us something. Fortunately the films seem to have died down (no pun intended) - the films but not the zombies.
Thank you Joel🙏 Hey, I have a great idea 💡why don’t we break the sovereignty of the West, dilute each country with third world zombies, send in millions of Muslim terrorist, give them the ability to vote, and make sure they vote even if it’s as illegal as they are🤔 what a better way to guarantee the survival of the leftist, globalists democrat cult world wide 😊…oh wait, it’s already been done 😕
Our wonderful Governor here in sunny Florida said something in his State of the State address the other day to the effect, "We welcome you to the warmth of Florida freedom from the frigidity of New York collectivism". Gotta love the guy!!
Oh how I'd like to be given a pair of free tickets from the mayor. My brother and I could dress in jeans, don our MAGA hats and talk loudly about baseball during the quiet moments in any given show. The other attendee's would be ringing the mayor's office explaining why a theater ticket costs $100 and up. Keeps the unwashed masses off their teeming shores.
Here in the UK our wise collectivist Gov has just introduced rent reforms by the name of Renters Rights Act. The tenant can now walk away with just two months notice after two months and much stricter controls on most of the terms, not universally but mostly in favour of the tenants making it much harder to get rid of a bad tenant,
Cocksure! What a wonderful synonym for the certainty that socialists have that this time all their socialist ideas will work. (It just hasn't been done right before, y'know.)
Joel lets hear more about the end of the world you live in and less commentary about NY and their struggle in an entirely different scenario than the one your enjoying .. unless you're living in the Broncs or somewhere near the Hudson you don't know shit about what's really going on so put NY onto your next travel plan and spend a few weeks there, if you have the guts .. tough guys always bag the loser's as weak pu**ies .. we know who the real weak guys are so expose some of those Win Win deals that the current mafia boss expounds .. or try Warren Buffet as a model for intelligent investing that can help the many rather than those exceptional few who can only criticize rather than offer constructive alternatives .. your better than that right ?
For every silver lining, a calamitous thundercloud of mercury amalgam … & d/rugged de/indviduation, whirring power-drills, & barber’us dentists echo-asking back “Is it safe?”
Brody-bro, who didn’t need a bigger boat after all & removed every tooth in the Great White mouth still & nonetheless couldn’t handle one measly Boys From Brazil driller … for that, ordered the script, it took a Rain Man who can’t act but boy-sure can he method/ically suspend disbelief & put the teeth in greeting card infantilization … a one true teething ring to rule them all, of sorts … never Graduate, never change, manboy.
As maxillary above, mandibular below the equator chewline axis … chomp-chomp, gators got your granny, your granary, & your chiclets gumption soaking in a glass of koolaid … & so you “lose,” Ken Miles, “on a technicality” (in ’66 — it is much worse, now):
While I enjoy your writing on the political situation here in Argentina, I disagree with your take on the rent protection law. Prior to this law, for 21 years I could never get a rental contract for more than two years. The rental price had no control on how much it increased during the life of the contract. The inflation increase was based on the increase in the price of food products or whatever other metric the landlord wanted to use. Getting repairs done was a joke. Under the rental contract law Melei abolished, I was guaranteed a stable contract for 3 years at least. The rent could only be increased twice a year by no more than the difference between the wage increase and the rate of inflation. That meant my rent increased twice a year by 15%-20%. Since the law has been abolished my rent has increased every three months by a minimum of 25%. This inspite of the fact that the inflation rate has dropped dramatically as you have documented so well in your articles. The abolished law did not control the rent. It controlled circumstances surrounding the rent - how often and how much the rent could be increased during the contract. It stated the contract needed to be registered with the proper government entity to ensure taxes were payed on the income generated.
I agree with most of what you write but I disagree with your view that the law was rent control i.e. stating how much the landlord could charge for rent. The law stated that the deposit paid by the rentor had to be returned with the interest earned on the deposit at the end of the contract if the rentor complied with the provisions stipulated in the contract.
"The warmth of collectivism" is really like falling into hot water, or, as the saying goes: ratcheting up the heat on a pot of water until the frog in the pot boils to death.
“The warmth of collectivism” is a damning insight into the minds of entitled leftists, on par with Hilary’s reference to “deplorables”. Taking bets on how long it will take for that phrase to boomerang on Mamdani.
…as the lemmings march into the “warmth of collectivism”, paying their dues with their lives, shouting “down with rugged individualism”!!
The lesson learned once again in the rubble of progressivism. Good luck NYC.
Anyone who has ever walked barefoot behind a herd of cattle will recognize the warmth of collectivism. It's impossible not to step in it.
Remember, artists (well, more or less) are always ahead of everyone else. That craze for zombie films and TV series did not come out of nowhere. They were trying to tell us something. Fortunately the films seem to have died down (no pun intended) - the films but not the zombies.
Thank you Joel🙏 Hey, I have a great idea 💡why don’t we break the sovereignty of the West, dilute each country with third world zombies, send in millions of Muslim terrorist, give them the ability to vote, and make sure they vote even if it’s as illegal as they are🤔 what a better way to guarantee the survival of the leftist, globalists democrat cult world wide 😊…oh wait, it’s already been done 😕
Joel, Good essay (as usual) !
Our wonderful Governor here in sunny Florida said something in his State of the State address the other day to the effect, "We welcome you to the warmth of Florida freedom from the frigidity of New York collectivism". Gotta love the guy!!
Oh how I'd like to be given a pair of free tickets from the mayor. My brother and I could dress in jeans, don our MAGA hats and talk loudly about baseball during the quiet moments in any given show. The other attendee's would be ringing the mayor's office explaining why a theater ticket costs $100 and up. Keeps the unwashed masses off their teeming shores.
Here in the UK our wise collectivist Gov has just introduced rent reforms by the name of Renters Rights Act. The tenant can now walk away with just two months notice after two months and much stricter controls on most of the terms, not universally but mostly in favour of the tenants making it much harder to get rid of a bad tenant,
Cocksure! What a wonderful synonym for the certainty that socialists have that this time all their socialist ideas will work. (It just hasn't been done right before, y'know.)
To The Collectivist
We will replace the extraction of collectivism, with the love of independent indvidualism.
Joel lets hear more about the end of the world you live in and less commentary about NY and their struggle in an entirely different scenario than the one your enjoying .. unless you're living in the Broncs or somewhere near the Hudson you don't know shit about what's really going on so put NY onto your next travel plan and spend a few weeks there, if you have the guts .. tough guys always bag the loser's as weak pu**ies .. we know who the real weak guys are so expose some of those Win Win deals that the current mafia boss expounds .. or try Warren Buffet as a model for intelligent investing that can help the many rather than those exceptional few who can only criticize rather than offer constructive alternatives .. your better than that right ?
For every silver lining, a calamitous thundercloud of mercury amalgam … & d/rugged de/indviduation, whirring power-drills, & barber’us dentists echo-asking back “Is it safe?”
Brody-bro, who didn’t need a bigger boat after all & removed every tooth in the Great White mouth still & nonetheless couldn’t handle one measly Boys From Brazil driller … for that, ordered the script, it took a Rain Man who can’t act but boy-sure can he method/ically suspend disbelief & put the teeth in greeting card infantilization … a one true teething ring to rule them all, of sorts … never Graduate, never change, manboy.
As maxillary above, mandibular below the equator chewline axis … chomp-chomp, gators got your granny, your granary, & your chiclets gumption soaking in a glass of koolaid … & so you “lose,” Ken Miles, “on a technicality” (in ’66 — it is much worse, now):
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LydLPJWkRm4&list=RDLydLPJWkRm4&start_radio=1
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MCSsVvlj6YA&list=RDMCSsVvlj6YA&start_radio=1
While I enjoy your writing on the political situation here in Argentina, I disagree with your take on the rent protection law. Prior to this law, for 21 years I could never get a rental contract for more than two years. The rental price had no control on how much it increased during the life of the contract. The inflation increase was based on the increase in the price of food products or whatever other metric the landlord wanted to use. Getting repairs done was a joke. Under the rental contract law Melei abolished, I was guaranteed a stable contract for 3 years at least. The rent could only be increased twice a year by no more than the difference between the wage increase and the rate of inflation. That meant my rent increased twice a year by 15%-20%. Since the law has been abolished my rent has increased every three months by a minimum of 25%. This inspite of the fact that the inflation rate has dropped dramatically as you have documented so well in your articles. The abolished law did not control the rent. It controlled circumstances surrounding the rent - how often and how much the rent could be increased during the contract. It stated the contract needed to be registered with the proper government entity to ensure taxes were payed on the income generated.
I agree with most of what you write but I disagree with your view that the law was rent control i.e. stating how much the landlord could charge for rent. The law stated that the deposit paid by the rentor had to be returned with the interest earned on the deposit at the end of the contract if the rentor complied with the provisions stipulated in the contract.
So what new word do You use for socialism? About the contract , that I can not say as I do not have a copy to view.
Who paid the lawyers when there was a dispute?