Re: Is KC Tenants destroying the development future of downtown KCMO?
Posted: Sun Oct 08, 2023 7:56 pm
I think one of the things I'm most pissed off about right now is the lack of compassion that is being shown on this forum lately. We have been through a pandemic that really hurt a lot of the most vulnerable people in our community. Out of desperation, they organized and tried to get someone to pay attention to how desperate they felt and how difficult their lives had become. Yes, they may have fucked up in their approach, but they are not skilled activists.
Yet, many of this board are more concerned about whether a luxury residential building might not get built than the fact that other humans are having a really hard time keeping a place to live, and have been through a prolonged shitfest that wasn't of their making.
I guess you should consider yourself privileged these concerns don't affect you in your daily life, and you can gang up and shit on the poorest citizens in our community.
None of you are immune from becoming homeless. I just saw an AI expert, The "Godfather of AI," Geoffrey Hinton, on 60 Minutes saying that AI might make many computer coders, engineers, and analysts completely redundant in the economy and throw them into unemployment very quickly. It's true for many professions, and yes that means high-skill professions.
I'm older than many of you. In my life, I've seen many professional people who made good livings thrown into poverty by economic upheaval, chronic illness, or unfortunate accidents. Not of you are immune from this.
You might consider showing a little compassion for other humans, and you need to put your egos in check and realize that the majority of Americans are a paycheck away from disaster.
63% of workers unable to pay a $500 emergency expense, survey finds
https://www.cnbc.com/2023/08/31/63perce ... urvey.html
58% of Americans are living paycheck to paycheck
https://www.cnbc.com/2023/04/11/58perce ... veals.html
Yet, many of this board are more concerned about whether a luxury residential building might not get built than the fact that other humans are having a really hard time keeping a place to live, and have been through a prolonged shitfest that wasn't of their making.
I guess you should consider yourself privileged these concerns don't affect you in your daily life, and you can gang up and shit on the poorest citizens in our community.
None of you are immune from becoming homeless. I just saw an AI expert, The "Godfather of AI," Geoffrey Hinton, on 60 Minutes saying that AI might make many computer coders, engineers, and analysts completely redundant in the economy and throw them into unemployment very quickly. It's true for many professions, and yes that means high-skill professions.
I'm older than many of you. In my life, I've seen many professional people who made good livings thrown into poverty by economic upheaval, chronic illness, or unfortunate accidents. Not of you are immune from this.
You might consider showing a little compassion for other humans, and you need to put your egos in check and realize that the majority of Americans are a paycheck away from disaster.
63% of workers unable to pay a $500 emergency expense, survey finds
https://www.cnbc.com/2023/08/31/63perce ... urvey.html
58% of Americans are living paycheck to paycheck
https://www.cnbc.com/2023/04/11/58perce ... veals.html