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the rich get rich... and the poor get Crosby! Ain't we got fun? (lemmy.world)
submitted 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) by to c/politicalmemes@lemmy.world
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[–] 14 points 2 years ago (14 children)

Maybe not in my lifetime but they'll be gone eventually, just needs to get momentum.

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  • [–] 27 points 2 years ago (13 children)

    Might take 100 years or so... Remember, the titans of retail used to be Sears, Woolworth's, and Newberrys.

    https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sears

    https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/F._W._Woolworth_Company

    https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/J._J._Newberry

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  • [–] 14 points 2 years ago

    Friendly reminder that Eddie Lampert effectively drowned Sears Holdings (Sears & Kmart) in the bath tub. He single-handedly wiped out two major retailers, hundreds of smaller ones, and tens of thousands of jobs in one of the most successful corporate raids ever executed.

    What a greedy shit bag.

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  • [–] 12 points 2 years ago* (8 children)

    I'll be honest: I'm no fan of big corps, but I'm kinda sad that I can't still buy a build-it-yourself house kit from Sears.

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  • [–] 3 points 2 years ago* (6 children)

    Not Sears, but I just spent a fun few moments looking up "adu kit" "cabin kit" "house kit" "home kit" and "prefab home kit."

    There's not room to build one inside my little condo, but lots of choices if you have a place to put one.

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  • [–] 1 point 2 years ago (5 children)

    Depending on what kind, I have the room to add as many as 3, but the problem here is city restrictions limit them to BACK yards only, not front yards. :( I have no back yard, it's ALL front yard.

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  • [–] 2 points 2 years ago (1 child)

    Redefine your house as the ADU and the new unit as the house!

    spoiler

    (It probably won't work because of rules saying that ADUs must have less square footage than the house and that the total must not exceed some floor area ratio for the whole lot, but it's a fun thought.)

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  • [–] 0 points 2 years ago

    There would probably be some nightmare with changing the address as well because the new unit(s) would be between the existing house and the street where the address is. Apparently your street address is determined by where your front door faces.

    One more thing to figure out. LOL.

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