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I think it comes from all the Political Correctness that many of us in the Western World have to adjust to or face employment termination, scrutiny, social insu

I think it comes from all the Political Correctness that many of us in the Western World have to adjust to or face employment termination, scrutiny, social insulation. I will tell you just this: I'm disappointed that "poor" can't pick up a sofa from the street for free. That's what I did when I was poor. Living in a Brooklyn basement with roaches on minimal wage, straight from the plane, barely speaking English. These guys aren't poor. Poor don't buy new $1,500 sofas. Heck, right know with kid and wife and combined income close to $200k I don't have $1,500 sofa as there are better ways to spend (invest) money. My sofa is from Ikea, got it in 2007 for about $1,000. They are stupid.

_broody 12y ago
The matter is not just about one couple engaging in 'stupid' economically self-destructive behavior. The question is why is the issue so widespread? Why are these RTB businesses making such a killing exploiting a behavior that has become increasingly massive in the 7 years since the recession started? What is so screwed up in American society that the lower class families which should be saving up and making careful purchasing decisions to improve their lot in life, are instead throwing themselves at the wolves' mouths?
- byEngineer 12y ago
  They have no family to rely upon and maybe borrow money from or get other help from them - because cultural marxism destroyed family. They don't have society that will laugh in their face when they do something as stupid as this - so they won't do it again - because political correctness doesn't allow us to criticize them in a harsh manner. PC being - of course - a construct of cultural marxism. Instead they have a culture where being poor is something to brag about. Everybody is supposed to do something about their wrong choices - from Mr. President to the Middle Class. It's not their fault. It is our fault. The Capitalist society fault - cultural marxism at works again. Maybe if we all here just laughed loud enough so other poor could hear it, maybe then it would be just unacceptable for them to do stupid things like this. Maybe, if they knew the society will not care if they waste $4k, they would be much more cautious. Maybe, other poor, need an example, so they don't do stuff like that. Maybe strong families, churches - shouldn't have been targeted for destruction. Because maybe they could help them. Where I'm coming from we have this saying: communism is all about fixing problems that it created in the first place. And this story above is a classic example.
  - muuh-gnu 12y ago
    > Where I'm coming from we have this saying: communism is all about fixing problems that it created in the first place. As you will observe, HN is throughly infected with the communist delusion, commonly observed with atheist intelectuals. People like us, who escaped communist shitholes, after having to witness how it degenerates whole societies like a cancer and therefore being allergic to the false "but but but we have to help!" siren call, will be attacked by the infected often for merely loudly pronouncing the word "communism", which the rabid marxists are trying to cover up like the plague. After escaping to the west precisely to escape the social trainwrecks caused by the communist fallacy, it is so sad having to watch the new home going down the same damn way as if they didnt have basically the rest of the planet as a cautionary tale.
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_broody 12y ago

The matter is not just about one couple engaging in 'stupid' economically self-destructive behavior. The question is why is the issue so widespread? Why are these RTB businesses making such a killing exploiting a behavior that has become increasingly massive in the 7 years since the recession started? What is so screwed up in American society that the lower class families which should be saving up and making careful purchasing decisions to improve their lot in life, are instead throwing themselves at the wolves' mouths?

byEngineer 12y ago
They have no family to rely upon and maybe borrow money from or get other help from them - because cultural marxism destroyed family. They don't have society that will laugh in their face when they do something as stupid as this - so they won't do it again - because political correctness doesn't allow us to criticize them in a harsh manner. PC being - of course - a construct of cultural marxism. Instead they have a culture where being poor is something to brag about. Everybody is supposed to do something about their wrong choices - from Mr. President to the Middle Class. It's not their fault. It is our fault. The Capitalist society fault - cultural marxism at works again. Maybe if we all here just laughed loud enough so other poor could hear it, maybe then it would be just unacceptable for them to do stupid things like this. Maybe, if they knew the society will not care if they waste $4k, they would be much more cautious. Maybe, other poor, need an example, so they don't do stuff like that. Maybe strong families, churches - shouldn't have been targeted for destruction. Because maybe they could help them. Where I'm coming from we have this saying: communism is all about fixing problems that it created in the first place. And this story above is a classic example.
- muuh-gnu 12y ago
  > Where I'm coming from we have this saying: communism is all about fixing problems that it created in the first place. As you will observe, HN is throughly infected with the communist delusion, commonly observed with atheist intelectuals. People like us, who escaped communist shitholes, after having to witness how it degenerates whole societies like a cancer and therefore being allergic to the false "but but but we have to help!" siren call, will be attacked by the infected often for merely loudly pronouncing the word "communism", which the rabid marxists are trying to cover up like the plague. After escaping to the west precisely to escape the social trainwrecks caused by the communist fallacy, it is so sad having to watch the new home going down the same damn way as if they didnt have basically the rest of the planet as a cautionary tale.
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