Taxing imaginary gains on anything - land, stocks, crypto, comic books, etc - is illogical class envy.

They're all invested real estate, and want the rest to invest in real estate as well.

You can always sell to pay the taxes.

More liquidity is good, actually.

From the title I thought the article was about how Southern bigotry and religion had taken over the government… but it’s about economics.

Maybe not have a childlike waifu, kinda creepy

So, face masks, no IDs, no badges, no real warrant, no reasonable probable cause, and no due process, what could possibly go wrong?

It seems to be the status quo already. ICE operates without regard to warrants and with amateur hour levels of force:

https://www.reddit.com/r/law/comments/1qf3vjp/ice_hops_texas...

The courts are way behind in all this pretending that they're just allegations of bad acts and covering their eyes.

https://www.nytimes.com/2026/01/21/us/minnesota-injunction-p...

Link goes to YC login page

This is how guns become a free speech issue

That is great news if they going to leave Musk there

I suppose you're alluding to his famous quote "I'd like to die on Mars, just not on impact"[0], so yes, having him stay there would be a win-win for everyone.

https://www.cnet.com/culture/elon-musk-at-sxsw-id-like-to-di...

Nope just thinking about what’s best for the planet

Interesting. What would you say is best for Mars?

The point about ICE’s actions and attitude coloring the public’s perception of all law enforcement is spot on. I would expect legit law enforcement to protect us from such thuggery, but instead they stand by and do nothing, or worse, actively assist.

ACAB was a thing long before anyone heard of ICE, as well as the "defund the police" movement after the George Floyd protests. The public's perception of law enforcement was already low, and rightly so.

There was some pushback from your average liberal because they thought that it was too extreme, that we needed some folks to protect us and enforce the laws. But with what's going on with ICE, I'm seeing even some of the staunchest whitest liberals finally realize that law enforcement simply cannot be trusted ever, and for good reason. The only people still arguing otherwise are either the old, wealthy democrats sitting on their asses as people get beaten in the streets or the would-be fascists barely keeping the mask on.

People under 16 should not be permitted to socialize or express themselves, nor should they be allowed to hear words from adults at all, not just online.

/s

Real musicians play real instruments, not synthesizers

Real musicians play real instruments, not samples

Real musicians play real instruments, not AI-generated slop

All of the above is bullshit y’all

Real musicians play with anything they want.

Bandcamp’s first policy will become an enforcement nightmare in the short term and irrelevant the long term.

I’m still waiting for someone to create something really good with AI - meaningful, impactful, emotionally gripping - not just novelties. Same problem as AI text slop - by the nature of its training, it regresses to the mean

Also: how much time/effort/money one spends creating art is unrelated to quality. Spending 40 hours recording and producing a mediocre song does not make it “better” than a mediocre song generated in a few seconds by AI or any other tool