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  • Snipe_AT@lemmy.atay.devtoMemes@lemmy.mlYou did it Mary!
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    1 year ago

    If I’m being honest, I don’t understand this angle. Why are stock buybacks immoral or wrong? Isn’t it simply using extra cash in a company to buy back stock from shareholders? With the same demand and reduced total stock, of course the price is going to go up. But the total market capitalization remains the same. I don’t understand why this is somehow wrong. Can someone help me out?







  • Snipe_AT@lemmy.atay.devtoMemes@lemmy.mlThe rent is too damn high
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    1 year ago

    CCP began to implement the collective ownership of expropriated land through the creation of Agricultural Production Cooperatives, transferring property rights of the seized land to the Chinese state.

    and then it seems that the government came in to scoop it back up, although that may have been better than what was going on in 1950s China.


  • Snipe_AT@lemmy.atay.devtoMemes@lemmy.mlThe rent is too damn high
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    1 year ago

    Just curious about your perspective. What would you think are some good ideas on changing the status quo?

    I think that outlawing real estate as investments would mean that high to medium density living spaces like apartment complexes or high rises in cities don’t get built, and allowing the government to dole out who gets what properties is another recipe for disaster.

    Please don’t take this as confrontational, I’m genuinely trying to consider what alternatives some people are thinking about.



  • Snipe_AT@lemmy.atay.devtoMemes@lemmy.mleepy
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    1 year ago

    On US Navy ships, one of the first indications of a casualty is that ventilation stops, either via loss of electrical power or on purpose to prevent the spread of smoke. I now have an acute response when any fans suddenly turn off.