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Indeed. I waded through the whole thing, trying to mentally rewrite it in a wikipedia NPOV voice. I failed. I was also heartily amused that IPO deserved a foot
by pacaro 13y ago
Indeed. I waded through the whole thing, trying to mentally rewrite it in a wikipedia NPOV voice. I failed.
I was also heartily amused that IPO deserved a footnote, but the reader is expected to swallow 'neoliberal urbanism' whole.
An interesting undertone is introduced very early on, there is a quote:
“many first-stage (sweat equity) gentrifiers have sold their property to new (very well-off gentrifiers), who are regentrifying property in the neighborhood”
To me this implies the idea that a tech workers income is not sweat equity, that it is either undeserved or un-earned—while this may be true for some, it fails to recognize the work that most of us put in at every level of schooling, at work and on our own time
- ken_railey 13y ago"sweat equity" specifically means doing repairs to a property to increase its value, as opposed to building equity by making payments. A tech worker's income is not sweat equity.