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by yellow_lead 61 days ago
> I saw a society that actually works for who lives here – not homeless everywhere, not isolation in cars, not blatant stagnation.

> I know I know, that’s a socialist platitude or something, society that works. What they say right before they argue for a dumbass tax on billionaires or banning plastic straws. Don’t worry I still think most socialists are degrowth morons.

> "it is the Government's housing policy to provide public rental housing (PRH) to low-income families who cannot afford private rental accommodation"

> https://www.gov.hk/en/residents/housing/publichousing/index....

American goes abroad, sees socialist policies working well, then advocates to get rid of socialist policies in America.

From his other post:

> The government should never ever hand out money to anyone. Not poor people, not old people, and not corporations. This creates a society of beggars and lobbyists. You get what you incentivize [1].

What should I expect though? The author couldn't even fix minor bugs in Twitter, and coding is much closer to his specialty than solving social problems.

[1] https://geohot.github.io/blog/jekyll/update/2026/04/18/five-...