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There is something to this — the general theme of daytime TV in Britain, when it’s not doing endless property shows, or shows where people buy property in other

There is something to this — the general theme of daytime TV in Britain, when it’s not doing endless property shows, or shows where people buy property in other countries, is “the man is out to get you” — a litany of shows on small time criminals, consumer scams, or local crime waves. Perhaps not surprisingly, Britain’s elderly population tends to be very right wing.

_jal 4y ago
In the 80s, US AM radio was taken over by similar content. It is happening again with local news, both broadcast and "print". Seems to be the fate of declining media modalities.
ClumsyPilot 4y ago
> a litany of shows on ... consumer scams That sounds like it could be good to be aware of, came across so many acams myself, most prosperous industry after brexit
WalterBright 4y ago
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- imtyler 4y ago
  Unless you provide reasoning this comes across as needlessly snide.
  - lupire 4y ago
    The parent poster, a 99.99%ile brilliant engineer (seriously) and entrepreneur has a long history of posting libertarians talking points on any vaguely related topic.
    - imtyler 4y ago
      I'm not sure what you're trying to assert? I'm not aware of a ile scale of brilliance. I also don't know why a history or libertarianism is relevant? I just think that the comment wasn't constructive.
    - WalterBright 4y ago
      > libertarians talking points Frankly, I've haven't read much of any libertarian literature, nor touchstones like Ayn Rand. My opinions come simply from reading lots of history and economic books. A seminal experience for me was touring East Berlin in 1969. The contrast with West Berlin was stark.
  - WalterBright 4y ago
    Here's one for you. It takes 10 government funded housing units to get one homeless person into housing. https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S1051137715300474 https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S10511... It's hard to conclude that this is an effective program. Some discussion of this in the WSJ: https://www.wsj.com/articles/housing-first-foments-homelessness-in-california-gavin-newsom-government-spending-camp-unsheltered-drug-treatment-psychiatric-care-11668785369 https://www.wsj.com/articles/housing-first-foments-homelessn... A consistent reason why left wing programs fail is they do not take supply&demand into consideration.
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_jal 4y ago

In the 80s, US AM radio was taken over by similar content. It is happening again with local news, both broadcast and "print". Seems to be the fate of declining media modalities.

ClumsyPilot 4y ago

> a litany of shows on ... consumer scams That sounds like it could be good to be aware of, came across so many acams myself, most prosperous industry after brexit

WalterBright 4y ago

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imtyler 4y ago
Unless you provide reasoning this comes across as needlessly snide.
- lupire 4y ago
  The parent poster, a 99.99%ile brilliant engineer (seriously) and entrepreneur has a long history of posting libertarians talking points on any vaguely related topic.
  - imtyler 4y ago
    I'm not sure what you're trying to assert? I'm not aware of a ile scale of brilliance. I also don't know why a history or libertarianism is relevant? I just think that the comment wasn't constructive.
  - WalterBright 4y ago
    > libertarians talking points Frankly, I've haven't read much of any libertarian literature, nor touchstones like Ayn Rand. My opinions come simply from reading lots of history and economic books. A seminal experience for me was touring East Berlin in 1969. The contrast with West Berlin was stark.
- WalterBright 4y ago
  Here's one for you. It takes 10 government funded housing units to get one homeless person into housing. https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S1051137715300474 https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S10511... It's hard to conclude that this is an effective program. Some discussion of this in the WSJ: https://www.wsj.com/articles/housing-first-foments-homelessness-in-california-gavin-newsom-government-spending-camp-unsheltered-drug-treatment-psychiatric-care-11668785369 https://www.wsj.com/articles/housing-first-foments-homelessn... A consistent reason why left wing programs fail is they do not take supply&demand into consideration.
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