By Cory Doctorow (GPG 0xBF3D9110957E5F4C) @doctorow.pluralistic.net · 22/08/2026There's plenty of this to go around. Think of boomers who bought their "starter home" with the income from their first job and traded it in for a succession of larger, nicer homes, each of which skyrocketed in value. 10/ 1991
By Cory Doctorow (GPG 0xBF3D9110957E5F4C) @doctorow.pluralistic.net · 22/08/2026Some of those people fancy themselves to be veritable Warren Buffets for having had the shrewd financial insight that buying a house and living in it was a good idea. The *truly* smart ones know that they just got lucky. 11/ 21687
By Cory Doctorow (GPG 0xBF3D9110957E5F4C) @doctorow.pluralistic.net · 22/08/2026There are world-historic forces all around us, creating moments and circumstances that contribute to the life-thriving of those of us who are lucky enough to be suited to the moment we find ourselves in. 12/ 1757
Mike Kaspari @mikekaspari.bsky.social · 23/08/2026A difference between Dems and Repubs is that Dem’s believe in bad luck, and a compassionate society that accounts for it vs Repubs believe that bad luck is an excuse for bad moral character unless it happens to them, in which case someone is to blame, and they have a list of suspects. 031
