Facebook Founder’s Favor Comes with Complications
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#2I profited $1700 driving for Uber this week in SF. How could Mr. Bonilla not afford $1200 in rent (for a room)?
I agree it is unfair and sad that there are so much friction to living in SF, but with two incomes you can easily make enough money to survive and save up $10,000 to move to another state.
When you make the choice to have 2 children with no career, you are going to have to work a lot and sacriface your personal happiness for your children.
It's not Mark Zuckerburg's fault, it is the individual's lack of resilency, work ethic and thriftiness.
That said, rent and the governments in the Bay are out of control, and there's dozens of things we should be doing as a society and through local governments that could reduce the burden of living a normal life.
(I should add, I work 70 hours a week for Uber plus 20 hours a week remotely. I also live in my car. I have made $27,000 the last 3-months. I also eat keto & go to the gym. Not exactly sustainable but a way to get to another level in life.)
Re: Facebook Founder’s Favor Comes with Complications
#3Facebook is more than welcome to come gentrify the city where I live. It would be a welcomed change from the influx of decrepit homes that are abandoned and/or poorly maintained.
Re: Facebook Founder’s Favor Comes with Complications
#4I profited $1700 driving for Uber this week in SF. How could Mr. Bonilla not afford $1200 in rent (for a room)? I agree it is unfair and sad that there are so much friction to living in SF, but with two incomes you can easily make enough money to survive and save up $10,000 to move to another state. When you make the choice to have 2 children with no career, you are going to have to work a lot and sacriface your pers…
What the hell does any of that have to do with this guy getting kicked out of his RV lot so Zucks wife can build a school near her home?
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#5I profited $1700 driving for Uber this week in SF. How could Mr. Bonilla not afford $1200 in rent (for a room)? I agree it is unfair and sad that there are so much friction to living in SF, but with two incomes you can easily make enough money to survive and save up $10,000 to move to another state. When you make the choice to have 2 children with no career, you are going to have to work a lot and sacriface your pers…
Perhaps Mr. Bonilla has extra expenses due to his grandchildren. Which he might not have directly chosen to have, but has to raise because they are family. And maybe he is unable to work 90 hour weeks. Sometimes bad things happen to people outside of their control. To me it seems very sad that the massive wealth of silicon valley has not translated to good fortune and happiness for more people in the region.
Re: Facebook Founder’s Favor Comes with Complications
#6I profited $1700 driving for Uber this week in SF. How could Mr. Bonilla not afford $1200 in rent (for a room)? I agree it is unfair and sad that there are so much friction to living in SF, but with two incomes you can easily make enough money to survive and save up $10,000 to move to another state. When you make the choice to have 2 children with no career, you are going to have to work a lot and sacriface your pers…
Perhaps Mr. Bonilla has extra expenses due to his grandchildren. Which he might not have directly chosen to have, but has to raise because they are family. And maybe he is unable to work 90 hour weeks. Sometimes bad things happen to people outside of their control. To me it seems very sad that the massive wealth of silicon valley has not translated to good fortune and happiness for more people in the region.
Well the 43 year old grandfather could work 50 hours a week and make $1100.
Of course, it's sad -- mostly for the people who work so hard and have to deal with such adversities.
Living in an RV park with waste water issues isn't the solution though. I feel sorry for every human suffering, including the 25,000 children under 5 that will die today unnecessarily.
Life is brutal and I blame the big tech companies, billionaires and those creating the systems for failing to build a better world. But Mr. Bonilla's mistakes in his life are his own and only him and his wife can solve their problems. Engendering victim mentalities isn't going to change anything.
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#7I profited $1700 driving for Uber this week in SF. How could Mr. Bonilla not afford $1200 in rent (for a room)? I agree it is unfair and sad that there are so much friction to living in SF, but with two incomes you can easily make enough money to survive and save up $10,000 to move to another state. When you make the choice to have 2 children with no career, you are going to have to work a lot and sacriface your pers…
What the hell does any of that have to do with this guy getting kicked out of his RV lot so Zucks wife can build a school near her home?
The city said it was a flood issue. Regardless, no one has an innate right to live anywhere. A billion people in this world are under refugee status -- in real dire circumstances.
Life is unfair. I have cancer and am currently in a serious legal dispute with extremely influential people. I also had everything stolen from me, by the police. I also probably have PTSD via the billionaire and his political mercenaries that nearly destroyed my life.
Who do I contact to help me?
EDIT- So what is the answer or your counter argument? To regulate Facebook?
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#8There's a weird disconnect in this article between the reality of what Zuckerberg is trying to do and the agenda being pushed by the author.
You have this paragraph:
"The social network has been lobbying to build more housing in the region, which Silicon Valley cities, worried about traffic and preferring a commercial over residential tax base, have fought against. In East Palo Alto, Facebook has invested $18.5 million into the Catalyst Housing Fund, an affordable housing initiative; the company has set a goal to grow the fund to $75 million."
Followed by this paragraph:
"East Palo Alto’s residents have long felt disempowered against change brought by tech leaders like Mr. Zuckerberg. A 2.6-square-mile town where one-third of the school children are homeless, it has stood as a sign that Silicon Valley’s wealth might not spread to those beyond its tech campuses."
If Silicon Valley’s wealth is not being spread to those beyond its tech campuses it's not for a lack of trying.
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#9I profited $1700 driving for Uber this week in SF. How could Mr. Bonilla not afford $1200 in rent (for a room)? I agree it is unfair and sad that there are so much friction to living in SF, but with two incomes you can easily make enough money to survive and save up $10,000 to move to another state. When you make the choice to have 2 children with no career, you are going to have to work a lot and sacriface your pers…
Perhaps Mr. Bonilla has extra expenses due to his grandchildren. Which he might not have directly chosen to have, but has to raise because they are family. And maybe he is unable to work 90 hour weeks. Sometimes bad things happen to people outside of their control. To me it seems very sad that the massive wealth of silicon valley has not translated to good fortune and happiness for more people in the region.
Sad, but entirely predictable. Supply side econ is just as absurd on a local level as it is on a national level.
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#10The proper way to improve education in a community is to get involved with the existing school systems -- the schools are already there. Be wary of ideologues possessing way too much money combined with an impoverished sense of ethics (e.g., Zuckerberg) who shun existing civic institutions and go off to start their own for-profit/corporate 'schools' instead.