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.

  • PKMKII [none/use name]
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    1 year ago

    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.