bartolomeo

Thanks for that great response. The truth is that I completely forgot to mention the other side of the equation: those who violate the principle of consent are wrong, which brings us to the really tricky bit

a mechanism to determine what the shared rules are, someone with a big enough stick to enforce those shared rules.

I don't have an answer ¯_(ツ)_/¯

This is a great question and there are a lot of good answers from people much better read than me, but I'd like to throw in that anarchy is the fact of life. Nobody has authority over anyone else unless that authority is given to them by the person. Authority over someone requires consent from the person (I'm talking about between 2 adults, not like authority over your kids). Yes, pointing a gun at someone's head is an excellent way to get their consent to have authority over them. So in any form of government, the power lies in those who give consent for the government to have authority and validity a.k.a. "the people". Normally this consent is extracted unwillingly through either threats of violence or some kind of hypnosis. It would be cool though to live in a society where citizens willingly and well-informedly (is that a word? I don't give you authority to tell me which are words and which aren't) give authority to a government to manage society so people can focus on living well in a sustainable, equitable, and peaceful system.

Lmao notifications have no context for me (I just see the reply) but I knew right away exactly what comment this was about

It's kinda weird that "i have full control over my washing machine" is an actual flex in 2024.

What's up with this guy?

Imagine using such an insane amount of resources on just yourself.

I'm exposed to some very wealthy people at work and none of them are normal. I feel like money is a drug and greed is addiction and these people are so mentally fargone (in that they can only see the world that's described by money and think of every human interaction as a transaction or investment) that they are like children who design their own meal plan

Breakfast: bowl of nerds Lunch: 14 kit kats Dinner: marshmallows

and then wonder why their feelings have gone haywire and they can't get no satisfaction.

I've noticed a lot of commenters straight away take things personally and think that mentioning something is endorsing it. That kills discussion and turns it into a defensive symantic battle against commenters' assumptions.

Although it is a spectrum, the spectrum is actually pretty well defined:

tends to be radically conservative, ultra-nationalist, and authoritarian, often also including nativist tendencies.

feature aspects of authoritarian, ultra-nationalist, chauvinist, xenophobic, theocratic, racist, homophobic, transphobic, or reactionary views.

Far-right politics have led to oppression, political violence, forced assimilation, ethnic cleansing, and genocide against groups of people based on their supposed inferiority or their perceived threat to the native ethnic group, nation, state, national religion, dominant culture, or conservative social institutions.

Depends on the location but most likely demand will be zero.

There are many different categories of landlord, residential housing, and rent agreements, and also lots of states and countries on Earth. It's not accurate to say

which limits the height of the rent they can charge and the maximum yearly increase.

for rental housing in general.

That's insane! The law of the land is that you can't ban things that limit profit for those with capital. It reminds me of a law that prevents gun bans in Atlanta, GA.

You must live in VENEZUELA or some other SOCIAMIST HELLHOLE!

Americans have the freedom to literally arbitrarily raise the rent to whatever they like YEEEEEEHAW!