• just_change_it@lemmy.world
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    11 months ago

    Red America is blatantly bigoted to LGBTQ+ to the point of passing laws allowing government control over their bodies when the bigots deem appropriate. The goalposts are not all the same from one part of red america to the rest.

    Red America hates immigrants openly unless they have the right skin color.

    Blue America hates immigrants behind closed doors and develops programs that covertly support the upper middle class while handing out some scraps to others.

    Example: Did you know your parents can be billionaires and you can get a 2bedroom luxury apartment in downtown Boston for ~250k so long as you have less than 75k in assets and less than ~80k in income? For poor people saving that much up is tough… for children of the rich though? Trivial! Get an easy cushy job that pays just below the limit and buy the 2BR apartment in downtown Boston for cheap then once the house closes have mommy and daddy get you a big paying job at one of their friends’ businesses and start buying more and more housing to rent out, living in el-cheapo 250k-worth-1.5-million-apartment. You can’t sell it for ~80 years, but there’s nothing saying your girlfriend or mistress can’t move in before then. You don’t owe more than the original 250k even if you suddenly start making millions or billions of dollars. That’s what I call a first time home ownership opportunity.