Saw this absolutely disgusting screed today from the American Hotel Lobby Association (yeah, that's a thing). I have some friends in a network who gets these and others, and I wanted to share with folks here too.
This is a real thing that is happening. This is what giving corporations a voice looks like. This is what neoliberal democracy is; organizations grouping together to build lobbying groups that advocate strongly for keeping homeless on the streets (and other horrible things of course).
I dunno I get these sorts of things pretty often, I can certainly share more of these if people want. They make me sad and angry every time I see them. I like to show these to libs to remind them that this is what the democracy that they swear by looks like.
This is weird for me because here in NYC you get a lot of hotels that open up with no intention of being hotels, they immediately lobbying the City to pay them to house homeless people in them. Of course, there’s always a horde of reactionaries who come out to oppose them, but it is interesting how the particulars can shift the interests of the capitalist class.