This is how California (and America) really works.https://twitter.com/mdlevinson/status/764164660006260736 …
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Replying to @kimmaicutler
1/ Oversimplification. Post-WW2 homeowners were middle class, able to buy homes on income from blue collar jobs.
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Replying to @KenGoldsholl
and they were heavily federally subsidized by the U.S. government with veterans loans, and other mortgage tools.
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Replying to @KenGoldsholl
the children of those families are the heirs who benefit today.
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Replying to @kimmaicutler
most boomers I know did who bought homes did w/o inheriting them,or help from WW2 vet parents. Their kids are, though.
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Replying to @kimmaicutler
I get that, but when you broaden your enemy base, you make it harder to get the change you want.
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the point isn't to make enemies. It's to make people aware of inequities.
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Replying to @kimmaicutler
but when you cast blame widely (esp in 140 chars), it gets perceived as guilt by many who aren't guilty.
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Replying to @KenGoldsholl
it's a vast and complex system in which we are all a little complicit.
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