Nando161<p>This right here is the very impetus of what started this runaway train of <a href="https://partyon.xyz/tags/selfishness" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>selfishness</span></a> and <a href="https://partyon.xyz/tags/justification" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>justification</span></a> which has <a href="https://partyon.xyz/tags/decimated" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>decimated</span></a> our very <a href="https://partyon.xyz/tags/existence" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>existence</span></a>.</p>
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-0--1-<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mastodon.social/@AlexanderKingsbury" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>AlexanderKingsbury</span></a></span> <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mastodon.green/@gimulnautti" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>gimulnautti</span></a></span> There is a diagnosis in psychiatry called <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/AltruisticNarcissism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>AltruisticNarcissism</span></a> or <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/CommunalNarcissism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>CommunalNarcissism</span></a> Many <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Libertarians" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Libertarians</span></a> and people in the <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/HelpingProfessions" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>HelpingProfessions</span></a> (Firemen, EMTs, Doctors, Nurses, Pastors) could be diagnosed as this. They don't help because they are <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Altruistic" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Altruistic</span></a>. They help because they get positive attention. It's a cover for their <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Selfishness" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Selfishness</span></a>. <br><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Narcissistic_personality_disorder" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Narcissi</span><span class="invisible">stic_personality_disorder</span></a> <br><a href="https://youtu.be/uZFQiz8bOTI?feature=shared" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">youtu.be/uZFQiz8bOTI?feature=s</span><span class="invisible">hared</span></a></p>
Chris Lamke<p>John Kenneth Galbraith's observation about conservatism is as relevant as ever.</p><p>"The modern conservative is not even especially modern. He is engaged, on the contrary, in one of man’s oldest, best financed, most applauded, and, on the whole, least successful exercises in moral philosophy. That is the search for a superior moral justification for selfishness."</p><p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/conservatives" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>conservatives</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/selfishness" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>selfishness</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/usa" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>usa</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Economics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Economics</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/PoliticalPhilosophy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>PoliticalPhilosophy</span></a> </p><p><a href="https://wist.info/galbraith-john-kenneth/7463/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">wist.info/galbraith-john-kenne</span><span class="invisible">th/7463/</span></a></p>
Andreas Sternowski<p>I consider the <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Vedanta" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Vedanta</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/worldview" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>worldview</span></a> to be a prerequisite for a <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/sustainable" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>sustainable</span></a> future for the West. Why? Our worldview led us inevitably to <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/materialism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>materialism</span></a>. As a side dish, we got <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/egocentrism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>egocentrism</span></a> and <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/selfishness" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>selfishness</span></a>. The result was ruthlessness in the expansion of the economy, in the <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/exploitation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>exploitation</span></a> of nature for our selfish purposes. The root of our current problems lies in our thinking: in our worldview and our view of <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/humanity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>humanity</span></a>.</p>
John Henry<p>Dress Codes? Seriously? - Why is it the people who are always talking about "grooming" always overlook this clear and obvious grooming?<br>#2010 <a href="https://me.dm/tags/abuse" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>abuse</span></a> <a href="https://me.dm/tags/bullying" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>bullying</span></a> <a href="https://me.dm/tags/curated" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>curated</span></a> <a href="https://me.dm/tags/education" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>education</span></a> <a href="https://me.dm/tags/ethics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ethics</span></a> <a href="https://me.dm/tags/power" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>power</span></a> <a href="https://me.dm/tags/selfishness" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>selfishness</span></a> </p><p><a href="https://johnhenry.us/blog/2023/10/05/dress-codes-seriously/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">johnhenry.us/blog/2023/10/05/d</span><span class="invisible">ress-codes-seriously/</span></a></p>
Scott Bennett<p>Maximum wealth equals maximum happiness for everyone. Therefore, Neoclassical economics understands that following one’s own self-interest is what brings maximum happiness to society.</p><p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/capitalism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>capitalism</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/selfishness" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>selfishness</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/nirvana" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>nirvana</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/wealthmaximization" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>wealthmaximization</span></a></p><p><a href="https://open.substack.com/pub/letsmakethempay/p/selfishness-the-path-to-capitalist?r=2brusa&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web&showWelcomeOnShare=false" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">open.substack.com/pub/letsmake</span><span class="invisible">thempay/p/selfishness-the-path-to-capitalist?r=2brusa&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web&showWelcomeOnShare=false</span></a></p>
Tjeerd Royaards<p>English version of today's cartoon for Dutch daily newspaper Trouw.</p><p><a href="https://newsie.social/tags/empathy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>empathy</span></a> <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/sharing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>sharing</span></a> <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/selfishness" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>selfishness</span></a></p>
RonSupportsYou<p>"The Trump administration decided that hundreds of programs aimed at helping people in the world’s poorest countries stay alive are no longer in the national interest ... (This) will cost millions of lives around the world": <br><a href="https://www.politico.com/news/2025/02/27/foreign-aid-cuts-usaid-hiv-malaria-00206564" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">politico.com/news/2025/02/27/f</span><span class="invisible">oreign-aid-cuts-usaid-hiv-malaria-00206564</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/healthcare" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>healthcare</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/politics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>politics</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/greed" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>greed</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/selfishness" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>selfishness</span></a></p>
-0--1-<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://universeodon.com/@flyhigh" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>flyhigh</span></a></span> <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://deppenkessel.de/@GNUmatic" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>GNUmatic</span></a></span> When I was young I considered myself a <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Libertarian" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Libertarian</span></a>. It was because I lived among angry, impoverished people who never lived outside the <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/BubbleOfPrivilege" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>BubbleOfPrivilege</span></a>. I came to understand that it is a <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Euphemism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Euphemism</span></a> for <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Selfishness" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Selfishness</span></a>. I then became a <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Republican" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Republican</span></a> because I am <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/FiscallyConservative" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>FiscallyConservative</span></a>. I taught at a girls school 100km north of Nairobi, Kenya (84-86). When <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/TrentLott" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>TrentLott</span></a> changed the <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/GOP" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>GOP</span></a> to the party of Bigots. I became a <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Libtard" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Libtard</span></a>. I've been across the spectrum.</p>
Secret Hippie<p>Property is not a universal concept. It must grow from place to place and from time to time. So we have grown to understand the concept of ownership must include responsibility for the consequences of it.</p><p><a href="http://www.notzen.net/2014/06/not-zen-114-property.html" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">http://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">notzen.net/2014/06/not-zen-114</span><span class="invisible">-property.html</span></a> </p><p><a href="https://zirk.us/tags/notzen" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>notzen</span></a> <a href="https://zirk.us/tags/nature" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>nature</span></a> <a href="https://zirk.us/tags/property" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>property</span></a> <a href="https://zirk.us/tags/selfishness" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>selfishness</span></a> <a href="https://zirk.us/tags/samsara" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>samsara</span></a> <a href="https://zirk.us/tags/ownership" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ownership</span></a> <a href="https://zirk.us/tags/land" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>land</span></a> <a href="https://zirk.us/tags/environment" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>environment</span></a> <a href="https://zirk.us/tags/buddhism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>buddhism</span></a> <a href="https://zirk.us/tags/dao" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>dao</span></a> <a href="https://zirk.us/tags/taoism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>taoism</span></a></p>
Bug Hunter Cat<p>Hunger Games... Or why this human world seems so disgusting to me...<br>Those who complain about everything have never been truly hungry.<br>Millionaires make me feel sick because of the trail of damage they leave behind...</p><p><a href="https://infosec.exchange/tags/hunger" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>hunger</span></a> <a href="https://infosec.exchange/tags/injustices" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>injustices</span></a> <a href="https://infosec.exchange/tags/selfishness" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>selfishness</span></a> <a href="https://infosec.exchange/tags/millionaire" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>millionaire</span></a> <a href="https://infosec.exchange/tags/billionaires" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>billionaires</span></a> <a href="https://infosec.exchange/tags/actuallyautistic" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>actuallyautistic</span></a></p>
Paul Schoe<p>Using Ordo Amoris to cut USAID shows you haven't grown out of childish <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/selfishness" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>selfishness</span></a>.</p><p>Two core messages of the <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/Bible" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Bible</span></a> are:<br>- <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/love" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>love</span></a> your neighbour as yourself<br>- help strangers (Samaritan)</p><p><a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/OrdoAmoris" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>OrdoAmoris</span></a> provides the foundation for that: <br>a) when you support yourself, you create space to<br>b) support your family, which expands to<br>c) supporting your neighbours and<br>d) supporting strangers (Christ's objective).</p><p>A <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/Christian" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Christian</span></a> heart is supposed to be expansive, to support charity, not to abandon the poor.</p>
jhamby<p>The thought doesn't count</p><p><a href="https://robhorning.substack.com/p/the-thought-doesnt-count" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">robhorning.substack.com/p/the-</span><span class="invisible">thought-doesnt-count</span></a></p><p><a href="https://chaos.social/tags/AI" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>AI</span></a> <a href="https://chaos.social/tags/selfishness" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>selfishness</span></a> <a href="https://chaos.social/tags/consumerism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>consumerism</span></a> <a href="https://chaos.social/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Trump</span></a></p>
Want Ch🔁nge? W🔁rk T🔁gether☑<p><span class="h-card"><a href="https://mastodon.world/@Captain_Jack_Sparrow" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>Captain_Jack_Sparrow</span></a></span> <span class="h-card"><a href="https://mastodon.green/@Tarnport" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>Tarnport</span></a></span> A lot of didn't know what democracy is - we just went with it.</p><p>And this we will also go along with, out of politeness when it comes to actually talking about between us and challenging it / ourselves.</p><p><a href="https://qoto.org/tags/Patriarchy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Patriarchy</span></a>, <a href="https://qoto.org/tags/Power" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Power</span></a>, <a href="https://qoto.org/tags/Authority" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Authority</span></a>, <a href="https://qoto.org/tags/Greed" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Greed</span></a>, <a href="https://qoto.org/tags/Selfishness" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Selfishness</span></a>, Passive-<a href="https://qoto.org/tags/Aggressive" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Aggressive</span></a> Mini-Tyranny etc were all part of daily life before... just now more together as "Trump" / "Musk" etc.</p><p>Those types bring together in a kind of beautiful-simple way which calls-out people with actions that say: "How much do you want life and are you going to talk to your family and neighbour about it?" ❓ </p><p>"NAAAAAA. I THOUGHT SO!" <br>Imagine Trump collecting all the chips from the table. </p><p>Trump wins. Congrats.</p>
Educate Yourself<p>WHY NARCISSISTS NEED YOU</p><p>Here’s a BIG secret that narcissists don’t want you to know. They need you more than you need them. Deep down they know this. And they fear you finding out.</p><p>Narcissists want the power balance of relationships locked firmly in their favour(be it in a family, workplace, system, tribe, culture etcetera etcetera. And they know that if you realise they need you, this shifts the power away from them. And they can’t have that.</p><p>Narcissists try their best to make it appear that they don’t need you. They may maltreat you, put you down or aside since they are inherently anchored to very fickle things like appearance, sex, marital status, social status, color, national origin, ethnic origin, language, religion, age, disability etcetera. For eg they may refuse to employ a pregnant woman or certain websites that refuse entry to a region or group of people because of their race or geographical location, etcetera, a young man who is not in their social class may not be deemed fit for association, friendship, professional or political position, etcetera. That adversely affects privileges, benefits, conditions, development(be it personal or national), etc for generations.</p><p>The narcissist is in a "permanent-all-benefits-must-come-to-me-and-mine state" a very deplorable and miserable state where ones soul, spirit and body is permanently, conciously and unconciously fighting and scrambling for more and more for self not caring who gets hurt or harmed in the process(eg corrupt politicians, exploitatory regions, shady businesses, armed robbers, prostitutes, fraudsters etc)<br>They fail to understand that success is not greedy, as the greedy think, but insignificant. That is why it satisfies nobody.</p><p>All they want to do is acquire<br>Acquire money. Acquire land. Acquire material. Acquire time. Acquire resource.. Acquire attention. etc<br>Their living mantra is " I want, I want, I want" but that quickly turns to "I need, I need, I need"</p><p>Narcissist dont want anyone sharing the cake meant for everyone, they want it all for themselves and thrive on the treatment of an individual or group to their disadvantage.</p><p>They don't want everyone born, bred, living, feeding, schooling, housing, stable etc the same way, yet they want everyone employed the same way, tested the same way, graded the same way, <a href="https://hear-me.social/tags/dei" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>dei</span></a>😊 etcetera, etcetera.</p><p>There’s many ways narcissists tell you that you’re not important. But you ARE! Especially to the narcissist. The narcissist needs you, and gain a lot from knowing you. Far more than you gain from them.</p><p>Here’s what a narcissist is likely to gain from you … .</p><p>▶️1. <br>Attention</p><p>Narcissists need attention like we need oxygen so they need people around them to provide it. They believe they’re centre of the universe. And need attention to confirm this.</p><p>Narcissists learn attention seeking behaviours throughout their lives to give them their fix. They may play the victim, having well meaning friends gather round to help. Cause arguments, because negative attention is better than nothing. Or engage in toxic behaviours to take the spotlight.</p><p>You may have noticed that many narcissists don’t like spending time alone. They don’t want time to self reflect. Because it might expose their flaws.</p><p>Narcissists cling to the belief they’re better than you. And looking inwards exposes their delusions to the harsh reality that they’re ordinary human beings.</p><p>Attention deflects their focus away from their inner world. And allows them to continue indulging in their delusions, using you to distract and soothe them.</p><p>⏹️Go-around - <br>Stay away from individuals who throw up those redflags. Align yourself to people who are lifelong learners.</p><p>That narcissists who treats you as dirt are not the ultimate determiner of truth.<br>Those are troubled people who need help or treatment.</p><p>Narcissists provoke you until you eventually react, then blame you yor your reaction.<br>When you get angry with a narcissist, you’re playing into their hands. They WANT you to be angry. Stay calm or walk away.</p><p>▶️2<br>To Prove To Themselves They Are Better</p><p>Narcissists also have delusions of superiority. But to feel superior, they need someone to be superior to. And that’s where you come in.</p><p>If you do anything nice for the narcissist, they kid themselves into believing it’s because you recognise their superiority. Rather than because you’re a good person.</p><p>To compensate for feeling inferior, they maintain an attitude of superiority. They’re often arrogant, highly critical, distortional, demeaning, abusive and disdainful of other people, including entire groups they consider inferior, such as third-world countries, a racial minority, a lower economic class, or people of less education or who didn't enjoy or go through the same privileges and interventions or help as they or their generations did over the ages.. Like bullies, they put down others to raise themselves up.</p><p>Narcissists are experts at subtle and sometimes not-so-subtle put downs. In their mind this lifts them up, and again establishes their superiority.</p><p>Some lower functioning narcissists like to show off how badly they treat others. Thinking this impresses people, and enhances their superiority. They may insult or abuse you in very dementedly weird, silly, foolish and psychopatic ways, actions and words. They might also for example show off that they cheat on their partner, etcetera. Often oblivious that these doesn’t impress right thinking people.</p><p>They need someone to abuse and manipulate to fulfill their needs and to constantly prove to themselves they are better, stronger, and smarter than everyone else. <br>Yet bullying people, talking down on others and putting others down is one of the signs of inferiority but they don't know this.</p><p> ⏹️Go-around: Narcissist’s spend a life time devising ways to manipulate people. Learn their patterns and level the playing field.</p><p>Dont waste your time trying to convince them of a more noble or honest way to act or behave, narcissists sincerely dont have the capability to listen to advice/counsel.</p><p>Consider their unclassy talk or behaviour insignificant and irrelevant, dont let them get into you.</p><p>Know the signs of narcissism so you don't keep going back to them.</p><p>▶️3.<br>Another Reason Why Narcissists Need You - <br>They Need Money, Power, Position, Authority or Stability.</p><p>And it doesnt matter however or whoever they hurt along the way or who they trample upon, to get it.</p><p>They are natural-born exploiters.</p><p>When narcissists hurt you with their stereotypical behaviors, such as manipulation, lies, and exploitation, they are simply trying to protect themselves from threats to their ego.</p><p>By taking advantage of others and hurting them with exploitative behaviors, narcissists can maintain their outward façade of superiority. <br>Some will steal, prostitute, rob, rape, assassinate(literally or figuratively), join gangs, do drugs and all sorts to be living in a mansion, but their mansions are trap houses- they trapped their integrity, peace, concience etcetera.</p><p>Narcissists are willing to exploit you for their own gain, and they won’t feel any remorse for doing it.</p><p>A narcissist might use you for your extreme empathy - borrow money from you when they are in need or use you when you are in high standing within the community like a governor or politician, only to disappear when they don’t need you any longer.</p><p>Or, they might take advantage of you without repayment or so much as a “thank you” for your help.<br>For the typical person, this behavior is quite hurtful. You’ll feel as if you were used, and your feelings didn’t matter. </p><p>They engage in actions or techniques that take advantage of the conditions of a group of regions, places or people to gain an advantage, or to disadvantage others.</p><p>They forcibly deprive someone, some place, some region, some system etc something to which he/she/it/they has/have a natural right for their own benefit.</p><p>They improperly use, misuse or abuse systems/people/nations/governments/power etc something for selfish purposes.</p><p>⏹️Go-around: Hopefully, obtaining a grasp on the reasons behind narcissistic behavior will leave you feeling more validated</p><p>Perhaps you blame yourself for all the narcissist did to hurt you, convinced that if you were somehow better or more loving, the hurtful behavior never would have occurred. </p><p>Remind yourself that you are not to blame. The narcissist is a person with deep wounds, and their entire ego depends upon manipulating, exploiting, and dominating others. Narcissists do this to protect themselves, and no one they interact with is immune.</p><p>Now that you recognize that much of the narcissist’s hurtful behavior is an attempt to defend themselves against feelings of insecurity, you can begin to heal.<br>Stop taking the blame for their behavior, and acknowledge that you have a right to reclaim your sense of self-worth and autonomy. </p><p><a href="https://hear-me.social/tags/Trauma" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Trauma</span></a> <a href="https://hear-me.social/tags/Abuse" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Abuse</span></a> <a href="https://hear-me.social/tags/DomesticAbuse" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>DomesticAbuse</span></a> <a href="https://hear-me.social/tags/SexualAbuse" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SexualAbuse</span></a> <a href="https://hear-me.social/tags/MentalAbuse" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>MentalAbuse</span></a> <a href="https://hear-me.social/tags/EmotionalAbuse" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>EmotionalAbuse</span></a> <a href="https://hear-me.social/tags/ChildAbuse" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ChildAbuse</span></a> <a href="https://hear-me.social/tags/DigitalAbuse" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>DigitalAbuse</span></a> <a href="https://hear-me.social/tags/TechnologyAbuse" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>TechnologyAbuse</span></a> <a href="https://hear-me.social/tags/GenderAbuse" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>GenderAbuse</span></a> <a href="https://hear-me.social/tags/Bullying" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Bullying</span></a> <a href="https://hear-me.social/tags/Harassment" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Harassment</span></a> <a href="https://hear-me.social/tags/Violence" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Violence</span></a> <a href="https://hear-me.social/tags/Deception" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Deception</span></a> <a href="https://hear-me.social/tags/Tragedy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Tragedy</span></a> <a href="https://hear-me.social/tags/SelfAbsorption" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SelfAbsorption</span></a> <a href="https://hear-me.social/tags/SelfCentredness" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SelfCentredness</span></a> <a href="https://hear-me.social/tags/Selfishness" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Selfishness</span></a> <a href="https://hear-me.social/tags/Jealousy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Jealousy</span></a> <a href="https://hear-me.social/tags/Envy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Envy</span></a> <a href="https://hear-me.social/tags/Hate" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Hate</span></a> <a href="https://hear-me.social/tags/Bigotry" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Bigotry</span></a> <a href="https://hear-me.social/tags/Psychopathy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Psychopathy</span></a> <a href="https://hear-me.social/tags/Narcissism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Narcissism</span></a> <a href="https://hear-me.social/tags/Narcissists" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Narcissists</span></a> <a href="https://hear-me.social/tags/Sadism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Sadism</span></a> <a href="https://hear-me.social/tags/Egoism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Egoism</span></a> <a href="https://hear-me.social/tags/Insecurity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Insecurity</span></a> <a href="https://hear-me.social/tags/Redflags" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Redflags</span></a> <a href="https://hear-me.social/tags/RedSkies" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>RedSkies</span></a> <a href="https://hear-me.social/tags/Spitefulness" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Spitefulness</span></a> <a href="https://hear-me.social/tags/Toxicity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Toxicity</span></a> <a href="https://hear-me.social/tags/Conflict" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Conflict</span></a> <a href="https://hear-me.social/tags/Wars" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Wars</span></a></p><p><a href="https://hear-me.social/tags/Empathy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Empathy</span></a> <a href="https://hear-me.social/tags/Compassion" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Compassion</span></a> <a href="https://hear-me.social/tags/Kindness" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Kindness</span></a> <a href="https://hear-me.social/tags/Love" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Love</span></a> <a href="https://hear-me.social/tags/Strength" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Strength</span></a> <a href="https://hear-me.social/tags/Benovelence" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Benovelence</span></a> <a href="https://hear-me.social/tags/Peace" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Peace</span></a> <a href="https://hear-me.social/tags/HealthyLiving" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>HealthyLiving</span></a> <a href="https://hear-me.social/tags/Wellbeing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Wellbeing</span></a><br><a href="https://hear-me.social/tags/GenuineConnection" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>GenuineConnection</span></a> <a href="https://hear-me.social/tags/Awareness" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Awareness</span></a> <a href="https://hear-me.social/tags/Freedom" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Freedom</span></a> <a href="https://hear-me.social/tags/Decency" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Decency</span></a> <a href="https://hear-me.social/tags/Civility" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Civility</span></a> <a href="https://hear-me.social/tags/Children" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Children</span></a> <a href="https://hear-me.social/tags/Parenting" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Parenting</span></a> <a href="https://hear-me.social/tags/Fatherhood" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Fatherhood</span></a> <a href="https://hear-me.social/tags/Motherhood" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Motherhood</span></a> <a href="https://hear-me.social/tags/Family" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Family</span></a> <a href="https://hear-me.social/tags/Marriages" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Marriages</span></a> <a href="https://hear-me.social/tags/Growth" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Growth</span></a> <a href="https://hear-me.social/tags/Change" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Change</span></a> <a href="https://hear-me.social/tags/Life" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Life</span></a> <a href="https://hear-me.social/tags/World" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>World</span></a></p>
StanceOfMind<p>The selfish personality lessens every value that it touches; it contaminates everything, cheapens everything.</p><p><a href="https://tech.lgbt/tags/Quote" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Quote</span></a> <a href="https://tech.lgbt/tags/Quotes" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Quotes</span></a> <a href="https://tech.lgbt/tags/Selfishness" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Selfishness</span></a> <a href="https://tech.lgbt/tags/Selfish" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Selfish</span></a></p>
Steve Dustcircle 🌹<p>The <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Myth" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Myth</span></a> of <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Selfishness" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Selfishness</span></a>; <br>How putting yourself first changes the world. </p><p><a href="https://www.psychologytoday.com/intl/blog/the-regret-free-life/202501/the-myth-of-selfishness" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">psychologytoday.com/intl/blog/</span><span class="invisible">the-regret-free-life/202501/the-myth-of-selfishness</span></a></p>
DoomsdaysCW<p>Prophesy Happening</p><p>By Duane 'Chili' Yazzie, <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Dine" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Dine</span></a>', <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Shiprock" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Shiprock</span></a>, <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/NavajoNation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>NavajoNation</span></a><br>via <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/CensoredNews" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>CensoredNews</span></a>, January 6, 2025 </p><p>"The prophecies that foretold the shifting of the world to a new reality are happening; it will be humankind self-destructing or life rebirth to rebalance and return to the original design. </p><p>"A life of balance and keeping of the original design is lived by peoples who maintain the Original Instructions destined by the Great Creator. The Indigenous of the western hemisphere lived this idyllic life before the imperialist intrusion. A requisite of the Original Instructions for a lifeway of balance is to<br>understand that all of creation are intrinsically related and to regard all as relatives. The other requisite is compassion, we were to be kind, take care of each other and the earth.<br> <br>"The Hopi prophesy story say that mankind would be on separate life journeys. One, the path predicated on the Original Instructions; the path originally intended for a perpetual earth life. The<br>other, the path of departure precipitated by ego, greed for materiality and power. The prophecies tell about when humanity will choose to continue on the path of departure from the Original Instructions or realize it is on the wrong path and realign.</p><p>"The Mayan calendar tells about the epictical phases in the human journey, inclusive with time endings and beginnings, the shifting of realities. The life phase we now live is shifting, we will transition into a virtuous new beginning, or it will be the beginning of the end time. Human conduct determines the<br>next phase.</p><p>"The fate of the world appears to have been decided with the trajectory of the human life path, with the divisiveness and naked hatred swirling throughout the world. This condition exacerbated by the<br>vicious actions of dominating players to the extreme of, the culture of hate, <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/selfishness" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>selfishness</span></a> and decadence of the elite becoming acceptable norms.</p><p>"The <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/WealthyElite" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>WealthyElite</span></a> control the systems of society and government including the apparatus of justice, manipulating the systems to assure 'justice', more wealth and power for the elite. The self-righteous, self-serving dominating elite have chosen the path with the dark ending, the disappearing The departure from the Original Instructions is apexed by the fallacy of attempting to separate the physical and spiritual paradigms. The great fallacy was an attempt to justify imperialist <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/genocide" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>genocide</span></a>, <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/oppression" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>oppression</span></a>, theft, <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/exploitation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>exploitation</span></a>, and <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/colonization" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>colonization</span></a>; perhaps, the naïve belief was, by dichotomizing the<br>physical and spiritual, the purveyors of imperialism would somehow not be spiritually liable. </p><p>"Through the political storms, the enemy of the earth has been greatly empowered, this vengeful monster with seemingly infinite worldly powers looms over our earth with intent to feed its insatiable<br>hunger for more wealth and power. The world’s true <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Indigenous" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Indigenous</span></a>, peoples of good heart and earth advocates who want a continued earth life confront these overpowering unrelenting forces. Our lands are under imminent renewed assault.</p><p>"The monster is rooted to <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/WhiteSupremacy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>WhiteSupremacy</span></a>, the white supremacy that tormented <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/IndigenousPeoples" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>IndigenousPeoples</span></a><br>of the world for centuries. It is driven by the false conviction that it is ordained to have dominion over the earth. It has no principled conscious, in its arrogant ignorance it has not a clue, that it only<br>accelerates the demise of the life of the planet.</p><p>"We, <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/WaterProtectors" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>WaterProtectors</span></a> and <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/EarthDefenders" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>EarthDefenders</span></a> stand strong, we will defend the <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/EarthMother" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>EarthMother</span></a>. We have no option but to protect the future of the grandchildren. We choose for the life of our Earth Mother. </p><p>"The monster may devour us, all we can say to it is Bring It On!</p><p>"We remain."</p><p>- <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/ChiliYazzie" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ChiliYazzie</span></a> </p><p><a href="https://bsnorrell.blogspot.com/2025/01/prophesy-happening-by-chili-yazzie.html" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">bsnorrell.blogspot.com/2025/01</span><span class="invisible">/prophesy-happening-by-chili-yazzie.html</span></a><br><a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/HopiProphecy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>HopiProphecy</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Colonialism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Colonialism</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Capitalism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Capitalism</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Koyaaniqatsi" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Koyaaniqatsi</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/LifeOutOfBalance" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>LifeOutOfBalance</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/ProphecyRock" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ProphecyRock</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/TwoPaths" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>TwoPaths</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/PurificationDay" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>PurificationDay</span></a></p>
Droppie [infosec] 🐨:archlinux: :kde: :firefox_nightly: :thunderbird: :vegan:<p><a href="https://www.smh.com.au/property/news/house-prices-have-been-falling-but-it-might-not-be-enough-20241213-p5kyad.html" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">smh.com.au/property/news/house</span><span class="invisible">-prices-have-been-falling-but-it-might-not-be-enough-20241213-p5kyad.html</span></a></p><p><strong>QUOTE BEGINS</strong></p><p>Lowering house prices is the best way to make housing more affordable, but experts say “heartless” major parties have almost completely discarded the approach.</p><p>Others say the scale of house price falls to make housing affordable again is too great, and would damage the economy.</p><p>Housing affordability is at its worst on record according to several measures. Sydney and Melbourne house prices have weakened recently, but marginal falls have not been enough to offset huge price rises over the past 20 years.</p><p>High interest rates have slashed borrowing capacities, yet house prices continued to rise, worsening affordability given that buyers could borrow less to buy more expensive homes.</p><p>Federal Housing Minister Clare O’Neil told Triple J in December that the Labor government didn’t want to see house prices fall, prompting concerns from those who want to see affordability improve.</p><p>It was former Liberal prime minister John Howard who famously said in 2004 that no one had ever stopped him in the street to complain about the value of their house going up.</p><p>Centre for Independent Studies chief economist Peter Tulip said that lowering house prices increased affordability on two fronts.</p><p>“It’s almost true by definition,” he said. “One [reason] is that young home buyers wanting to buy a home for themselves will have less of an obstacle to homeownership the lower prices are. The second reason is that lowering prices lowers rents.”</p><p>The Demographics Group co-founder Simon Kuestenmacher agreed. “Think about what affordability is: it is a simple relationship between the money you have and the cost of the home.</p><p>“So, in order to make housing more affordable, we could increase wages … or we could ensure wages could grow at whatever pace they do, but we establish a mechanism to make house prices go down.”</p><p>Kuestenmacher said effective affordability policy was hamstrung by voters who had an interest in house prices continuing to rise.</p><p>“So who are you making policies for in Australia? You’re not making policies for people who are not voting, non-citizens. You’re also not making policies for people under 18 because they can’t vote.” He said this left 64 per cent of residents who could vote.</p><p>“Out of this 64 per cent of people, 74 per cent live in a house they own or have a mortgage on. So of the voting core, only 26 per cent are renters and potential home buyers. The vast majority have no interest in prices going down.”</p><p>Kuestenmacher said this would leave younger voters and renters with a lingering distaste for the major parties if the issue wasn’t resolved.</p><p>Tulip agreed. “They’ve decided that wealthy home owners care more about the falls in the value of their asset than renters and home buyers care about getting a place to live … it does seem heartless.”</p><p>AMP deputy chief economist Diana Mousina agreed that falling prices could help affordability but said the falls needed to make a difference – about 30 per cent – would damage the economy.</p><p>“We’ve had such a long period of strong house price growth, and you can’t reverse all that,” Mousina said. “And I don’t think it’s positive for the economy for house prices to fall.</p><p>“That 30 per cent threshold is when you see more of the metrics … [the] home price to income ratio, years needed to save for a deposit, would become more in line with international norms.”</p><p>Tulip said falling house prices were not always bad for homeowners, and they affected other property owners more.</p><p>“If and when I came to sell my house, and the price was lower, I’d be selling my house to buy somewhere else, so the value of that house would be lower,” he said. “It’s not clear that I’d really be worse off.</p><p>“Many homeowners don’t see it that way, and there are lots of investors out there, and if they have an investment property ... they don’t like reductions in their wealth.”</p><p>Tulip said federal housing policy was doing little to help but praised states that planned to increase housing supply by rezoning inner-city suburbs to increase density. His favoured solution to lowering prices was to increase supply.</p><p>Mousina disagreed that recent federal housing policy was ineffective because the complex nature of the problem meant a fix would take years to work. “ Australian housing is always going to be expensive because of the way our economy is structured.”</p><p>Kuestenmacher said the Australian economy’s reliance on housing was part of the problem.</p><p>“High house prices are a God-awful thing for the market as well. We put all our wealth in there, and therefore we starve our Australian stockmarket of money,” he said. “Our economy becomes dumber. The global economic complexity index ranks how complex your economy is, and we rank 93rd [in 2021], below Uganda.”</p><p><strong>QUOTE ENDS</strong> </p><p>As an aside, it always seems to me an appeal to casual racism when peeps compare something bad in Straya to an African country. 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