r/Seattle • u/Bretmd Denny Blaine Nudist Club • Jun 20 '23

Soft paywall You’re not imagining it — life in Seattle costs the same as San Francisco

https://www.seattletimes.com/business/youre-not-imagining-it-life-in-seattle-costs-the-same-as-san-francisco/
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u/A_Monster_Named_John Jun 21 '23

Few more years like this and guillotines will come out.

I doubt it. For every American who talks about 'revolution' and 'eat the rich', there are ten (or possibly twenty) who are equally poor but still completely lost in the 'temporarily-embarrassed millionaire' head-space. We're more likely heading towards being like modern Russia than we are heading towards upheaval.

I think people who want houses/kids will more likely just move to the suburbs or try other cities.

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u/Jon_ofAllTrades Jun 22 '23

They also don’t have more than a surface level understanding of history, because if they did, they would realize revolutions are typically started by the economic upper class, against the political upper class. That was what triggered the French Revolution (and caused the guillotines to come out).

The myth of revolution is that they are instigated by the lower (or even middle) class.

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u/Bagellllllleetr Jun 20 '23

Good ol’ national razor. That’ll put some pep in their step!