Chicago Sold it's Parking Meters to Morgan Stanley for 75 years. (The consequences have been terrible)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fDx6no-7HZE

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ChaoticNeutralCzech@lemmy.ml · 67 pts · 2y (2 replies)

What the video doesn't address: Did the politicians face any consequences?

Linssiili@sopuli.xyz · 54 pts · 2y

Ha, nice joke

KnightontheSun@lemmy.world · 19 pts · 2y

Yes. Good ones.

djsaskdja@reddthat.com · 51 pts · 2y (4 replies)

Break contract. Fuck ‘em

paris@lemmy.blahaj.zone · 17 pts · 2y (2 replies)

And then go to court against Morgan Stanley…

I believe they've been trying to get out of the contract though which is good, but it's still easier said than done.

PowerCrazy@lemmy.ml · 7 pts · 2y (1 reply)

Just claim sovereign immunity, bing boom, so simple. (I have no idea what the consequences of that owuld be, or what the legal outcome would look like.)

SARGEx117@lemmy.world · 16 pts · 2y
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brezelradar@feddit.de · 7 pts · 2y

Better yet: Fuck'em without breaking the contract.

DragonTypeWyvern@literature.cafe · 2 pts · 2y
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charles@lemmy.world · -1 pts · 2y (1 reply)

I love Climate Town, but have such a hard time consuming long-form YouTube like that.

thomasebert@mastodon.social · 1 pts · 2y

@charles for me it’s the opposite😅 I like it, _because_ it’s long-form and goes into depth while still being edited to be on point. But I also agree with you that the videos can be exhausting sometimes. They sometimes feel like a book where the chapters feel like they have no end, no separation between thoughts. Maybe adding chapters would actually make the long-form easier to consume? 🤔