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The xenophobia and lack of basic logic of these protests are appalling. Even the people giving speeches at them[1] have a hard time making the connection betwee
by rguzman 13y ago
The xenophobia and lack of basic logic of these protests are appalling. Even the people giving speeches at them[1] have a hard time making the connection between the buses, the evictions, and the tech industry.
"we are against the ellis act ... we see that as related to tech and we want the ruling class which is becoming the tech class to listen to our voices"
"we are against the tech money that has caused evictions of seniors and people with disabilities throughout the community"
uh...wut?
I understand that the growth of the tech sector generates quite a bit of demand for housing and that leads to increasing rents if supply is held constant. But, this is a econ 101 problem. The solution is to let more housing be built as to stabilize the prices and not YOU PEOPLE GTFO ALONG WITH ALL THE ECONOMIC BENEFITS THAT HAVING A THRIVING INDUSTRY IN THE LOCAL ECONOMY BRING!
[1]: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hSHbMbkqwDk http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hSHbMbkqwDk
- morgante 13y agoWhat are the police doing in that video? Shouldn't they be arresting protestors for blocking traffic?
- JumpCrisscross 13y agoAs a New Yorker, this surprised me too. Tech companies should consider supporting the budgets of the SFPD et al.
- morgante 13y ago> As a New Yorker, this surprised me too. Tech companies should consider supporting the budgets of the SFPD et al. Seriously. NYPD would be all over them blocking traffic and breaking windows.
- jrockway 13y agoThey weren't riding bikes, so I doubt the NYPD would care. (Though honestly, the NYPD has been pretty nice to me while riding a bike. But I'm new around here.)
- kkowalczyk 13y agoA private corporation pumping money into police department. What could possibly go wrong?
- grogenaut 13y agoThis is SV, which is like a giant office park. NYPD is more like the army than what is the police in SV.
- mortehu 13y agoOakland and San Francisco are not in Silicon Valley. San Francisco is the second most densely populated city in the US.
- philwelch 13y agoAnd this is why you don't give leftist communities economic development. They don't even appreciate it, nor do they know what to do with it. Let them live in their equally-distributed poverty.