gilbamesh.bsky.social @gilbamesh.bsky.social · 04/09/2026Presumably it’s popular among the nyt columnists and fp think tank execs these guys hang out with, idk 041
gilbamesh.bsky.social @gilbamesh.bsky.social · 30/08/2026What evidence do you have that that’s true? 2131
gilbamesh.bsky.social @gilbamesh.bsky.social · 26/08/2026Some people really believe the social security administration figured out a way to do time travel with money 010
gilbamesh.bsky.social @gilbamesh.bsky.social · 10/08/2026Getting negatively polarized against the concept of “having friends” 010
gilbamesh.bsky.social @gilbamesh.bsky.social · 05/08/2026Also, obviously not as important but air travel has gotten better for most people because they couldn’t afford it at all 40 years ago 0161
gilbamesh.bsky.social @gilbamesh.bsky.social · 04/08/2026Or why does anyone watch college sports when the pros are way better? Or MLS instead of premier league? Or your local high school? Maybe sports are fun to watch for a lot of reasons regardless of the talent of the players. (but also wnba players are still pretty dang good at basketball) 000
gilbamesh.bsky.social @gilbamesh.bsky.social · 04/08/2026Wanting things like that is why you live in a city, you simply can’t comprehend the suburban mind 000
gilbamesh.bsky.social @gilbamesh.bsky.social · 04/08/2026You can’t have housing that’s both a good investment asset and affordable for families. Those are opposite things 000
gilbamesh.bsky.social @gilbamesh.bsky.social · 04/08/2026The vast vast majority of real estate profits go to homeowners who get millions of dollars of equity for doing literally zero work. And while home prices skyrocket, existing residents get displaced by the thousands. Housing turnover is a consequence of the policies you support! 100
gilbamesh.bsky.social @gilbamesh.bsky.social · 04/08/2026Am I against generational wealth? Yes obviously. Why should people get millions of dollars for doing nothing? All I’m asking is homeowners pay the same taxes as their literal next door neighbors. We don’t need to create a new landed gentry! 110
gilbamesh.bsky.social @gilbamesh.bsky.social · 04/08/2026Those are also really bad policies. At least the affordable housing requirement can have good intentions, but if you’re only taxing new residents to fund it, it looks more like pulling up the ladder behind you than a commitment to actually housing people 110
gilbamesh.bsky.social @gilbamesh.bsky.social · 03/08/2026Prop 13 beneficiaries have been contributing taxes far less than the cost of services and infrastructure upkeep they impose. New residents already subsidize them by paying their full property taxes and you want to tax them even more! 120
gilbamesh.bsky.social @gilbamesh.bsky.social · 03/08/2026The new building provides new property tax revenue which can be spent on infrastructure. If you want to tax developers for making money, just do income tax. Taxing new buildings is a transfer from new residents to existing ones 110
gilbamesh.bsky.social @gilbamesh.bsky.social · 03/08/2026All residents benefit from community improvements. Taxing new developments ultimately just makes new residents subsidize the lifestyles of existing ones. Standardizing land or property tax rates would be much more equitable 110
gilbamesh.bsky.social @gilbamesh.bsky.social · 03/08/2026Local governments haven’t had enough money to invest in infrastructure? Damn I wonder if any legislation is dramatically limiting tax revenue 130
gilbamesh.bsky.social @gilbamesh.bsky.social · 02/08/2026wrote about eels and how it's hard to compare things without measurable value coastaldrumlins.substack.com/p/whats-the-...coastaldrumlins.substack.comWhat's the deal with eels?Part 1 of 3ish 001
gilbamesh.bsky.social @gilbamesh.bsky.social · 30/07/2026Is there a version of this argument written for dumb people like myself? 000
gilbamesh.bsky.social @gilbamesh.bsky.social · 21/07/2026This is not unique to the left at all but American prosperity has been so massive for so long that people assume it just springs freely from the earth. And I get why people think that but that’s a consequence of literal billions of economic decisions 020
gilbamesh.bsky.social @gilbamesh.bsky.social · 14/07/2026I think I’m missing something, can you elaborate on this? 000
gilbamesh.bsky.social @gilbamesh.bsky.social · 12/06/2026Drivers kill 40,000 Americans every year but yeah bikers are the menace 000
gilbamesh.bsky.social @gilbamesh.bsky.social · 03/06/2026That “questionable tweet” includes a policy that would make climate change worse and risks bankrupting the state! I want our governor to take policy making seriously, not just throw out random stuff 000
gilbamesh.bsky.social @gilbamesh.bsky.social · 03/06/2026Oh thanks, I’ll definitely trust an ai summary over a post directly from his campaign account 010
gilbamesh.bsky.social @gilbamesh.bsky.social · 03/06/2026Becerras plan would take money from cities and use it to subsidize suburbs and exurbs, that is republicanism 101 020
gilbamesh.bsky.social @gilbamesh.bsky.social · 03/06/2026If they wanna live in fire country that’s their business! I just don’t see why I should have to pay them to do it when there’s plenty of places to live that won’t burn down 000
gilbamesh.bsky.social @gilbamesh.bsky.social · 03/06/2026There’s a lot of people in California who need homes, which is why it’s a bad idea to waste money paying people to move places that are virtually guaranteed to burn down 010
gilbamesh.bsky.social @gilbamesh.bsky.social · 03/06/2026Don’t see how I’m lying by directly quoting becerras twitter account 010
gilbamesh.bsky.social @gilbamesh.bsky.social · 03/06/2026Yes I’m a conservative, that’s why I’m voting for the trans rights pro-tax guy not the “bankrupt the state to subsidize exurban homeowners and give up on climate goals” guy 010
gilbamesh.bsky.social @gilbamesh.bsky.social · 02/06/2026I’m ok with the deadweight loss of 0.01% of our gdp going to in unit laundry 0200
gilbamesh.bsky.social @gilbamesh.bsky.social · 02/06/2026Of course he’s not going to say that but I hope we’re all smart enough to reason about the potential impact of policy choices. If people dont pay insurance costs commensurate with their risks they are being subsidized by the state, aka myself and other people not living in fire zones 110
gilbamesh.bsky.social @gilbamesh.bsky.social · 02/06/2026This is a plan to effectively pay people to live in places we know are going to burn at the expense of the rest of the state 000
gilbamesh.bsky.social @gilbamesh.bsky.social · 02/06/2026This guy wants to steal from renters to subsidize building McMansions in fire zones so let’s hope not 110
gilbamesh.bsky.social @gilbamesh.bsky.social · 13/05/2026Most governments do face hard limits on how much money they can spend. MMTers were some of the first to recognize where this is not the case and to understand the implications 010
gilbamesh.bsky.social @gilbamesh.bsky.social · 30/04/2026I think they’re just two different problems. You can’t unfuck the housing market without years of YIMBYism but that also won’t immediately help the people most in need of housing. Ideally we’ve got people trying to tackle both problems without hating each other 000
gilbamesh.bsky.social @gilbamesh.bsky.social · 29/04/2026Part of the benefit of private SROs is it allows public money to focus on the people who need the most help 000
gilbamesh.bsky.social @gilbamesh.bsky.social · 26/04/2026Money for public transit currently does come from fares. If people don’t pay them the transit goes away. Until that changes, fare dodging is just selfish 200
gilbamesh.bsky.social @gilbamesh.bsky.social · 26/04/2026You’re not a thief, you’re just a libertarian. Under socialism we will all be required to make minor personal sacrifices for the common good, which is fine. That principle underlies my decision to pay transit fares and my encouragement of others to do the same 100
gilbamesh.bsky.social @gilbamesh.bsky.social · 26/04/2026You say you care about homeless people, but will refuse to pay $3 to support a transit system they rely on 200
gilbamesh.bsky.social @gilbamesh.bsky.social · 26/04/2026Happily support free fare programs for homeless people or if they dodge the fare that’s totally fine. You should pay your fare so they can continue to do that 200
gilbamesh.bsky.social @gilbamesh.bsky.social · 26/04/2026Dawg you are failing the “from each according to his ability” test over $3, you are a libertarian 210
gilbamesh.bsky.social @gilbamesh.bsky.social · 26/04/2026There is no “cure” for public transit funding. They need money from somewhere from now until forever or they die 110
gilbamesh.bsky.social @gilbamesh.bsky.social · 26/04/2026If public transit shuts down because people aren’t paying fares, rich people will buy cars and poor people will just be fucked. Obviously they’re not talking about fully broke people, but at least 90% of people with steady employment can afford the fare 110
gilbamesh.bsky.social @gilbamesh.bsky.social · 23/04/2026I am skeptical that “sleeping on the street and making a living by shoplifting” is such a desirable lifestyle that people flocked to California for it. What evidence is there that thats the case 010
gilbamesh.bsky.social @gilbamesh.bsky.social · 16/04/2026Building solar panels on 0.01% of Americas deserts would be an environmental catastrophe, unlike our current system of burning fossil fuels which everyone knows has zero environmental impact 120
gilbamesh.bsky.social @gilbamesh.bsky.social · 03/04/2026The WokeAF grandmas will lead us to paradise 1290
gilbamesh.bsky.social @gilbamesh.bsky.social · 26/03/2026X Money and roadster lol. For the first time in history humans will be able to purchase a midtier automobile and send money on the internet 040
gilbamesh.bsky.social @gilbamesh.bsky.social · 16/03/2026saw a tom steyer for governor shirt out in the wild, the tomentum is real 160
gilbamesh.bsky.social @gilbamesh.bsky.social · 03/03/2026Even if that were true, journalists should be saying true things not settling twitter beefs 180
