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We live in a society, from socius in Latin, meaning ally. All the developed world decided generations ago that "no man is an island," as John Donne said. We created systems to file the rough edges off of capitalism. You can seal yourself off from the world, but the rest of us will continue helping one another. Conservatives can point out the flaws in what we lefties advocate, as as such they are useful, even essential. Thus your comment on Berkeley's gas prohibition might make sense, as on the other hand does cutting fossil fuel use. I hate electric stoves, for example, but could live with them if necessary to help save the planet.
We don't need to save the planet, the planet is fine. But prohibiting gas stoves, water heaters, and furnaces, means some working poor people will pay much more to heat things using electric, and so what about those folks? What about your no man is an island then when we are forcing higher and higher costs on poor? What happens when California finally bans gas cars? A new car today may average about 40k, how to poor people afford that? Especially when they can still get reliable used gas vehicles to drive much cheaper.
Fascism??? What the hell???Your phrase "low income renters who should not be there" gains you another Marie Antoinette award, with oak leaf clusters. Precious. Your comments remind me of those of Commies I ran into in the 1960s-70s, so absolutely convinced of the inerrancy of Marxism-Leninism, only you take on different tack, that of fascism.
I already said I have no problem with low income people, but they need to figure out how to live within their means. It's called a free market.
They may get inside the walls, but they need to earn that and pay their own way the same way I did and everyone else. What is the point of working to earn something for yourself if all the socialists do is give away what you earned? Go ahead and pay their way if it makes you feel better, nothing stopping you from giving up your home and you move into their tent is there? Where is that "no man is an island" now?Of course these unworthy lower forms of life shouldn't be in your presence. They are not worthy. Dream on behind your castle walls. But Francisco Franco is dead.