In Germany, teaching the Holocaust is mandatory.

It includes visits to concentration camp, museums, etc. They don't shy away from their own ugly history. Yet the kids aren't damaged; they're strengthened, matured, humbled. The U.S. needs to do same with slavery.

Not that complicated.

#history #books #education #politics #democrats

@unearth

A strong next generation is precisely what Republicans don't want to see in the young

They want murderously insane child soldiers like Kyle Rittenhouse, not inspirational & smart children like Amanda Gorman

They want a next generation as simply consumers, not citizens

They want underpaid serf labor hopelessly mired in apathy & despair

They want addicts, to violence, to rage

They want the next generation saddled with debt; student loans & mortgages

They want a Nazi do-over

@Npars01 @unearth Not mortgages. Mortgages are a good deal that ultimately build wealth. That's why huge corporations are buying up single-family homes to turn into rental units: they want a nation of renters.

@msbellows @unearth

One in seven homes in Atlanta is owned by private equity hedge funds.

Both property prices & rents have ballooned because of the commodification of housing stock.

Housing & employment precarity is politically useful.

Boomers were mortgage free well before retirement. Gen X, Y, & Z will still be paying a mortgage after retirement, or forced to sell to pay for retirement.

https://www.vice.com/en/article/epvdzw/blackstone-tenants-union-san-diego-evictions-rent

https://www.theguardian.com/business/2022/sep/29/blackstone-rebellion-how-one-country-worlds-biggest-commercial-landlord-denmark

https://www.nbcsandiego.com/news/local/new-report-claims-blackstone-group-is-buying-san-diegos-affordable-housing-hiking-up-rent-prices/3195265/

https://www.uscannenbergmedia.com/2023/03/27/angelenos-protest-blackstones-tenants-policies/

Tenants of America's Biggest Landlord Form Union to Fight Evictions, Rent Hikes

The Blackstone Tenants Union (BTU) in San Diego aims to fight evictions and rising rents since the corporate landlord ended a COVID-19 eviction pause.

@Npars01 @msbellows @unearth when everyone lives out of a tipi or a car, will humans blame those people and not Blackstone?
@Npars01 @msbellows @unearth It's like that in Houston, too. Some were bought to convert to rentals. Now, build-to-rent is its own business...