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posted by Fnord666 on Sunday July 19 2020, @04:02PM   Printer-friendly
from the no-good-deed-goes-unpunished? dept.

https://www.sfgate.com/bayarea/article/Airbnb-asks-people-to-donate-money-to-hosts-15407730.php

Airbnb's latest attempt to appease hosts and customers amid a tumultuous year was met with a searing backlash on social media.

The online vacation rental marketplace, headquartered in San Francisco, initiated a feature this week offering customers the chance to donate money and "kindness cards" to hosts.

"Today we're introducing a new way to connect with your favorite hosts. Now you can create personalized kindness cards that make it easy to send a message of appreciation or encouragement, with the option to add a contribution. We hope these cards will make hosts smile, and bring a little joy your way," a message from the company to customers read.

"Airbnb has lost its f---ing head, why would I donate to my host? I can't even afford one house." Twitter user olenskae fumed.


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  • (Score: 2, Interesting) by Anonymous Coward on Sunday July 19 2020, @06:21PM (6 children)

    by Anonymous Coward on Sunday July 19 2020, @06:21PM (#1023798)

    Some banks are doing that. Some are just writing it off. Some are 'all in' on lending to people so they can buy houses. So it varies. Not all banks are the same.

    What most people do not realize is the banks have obligations too. To their shareholders, their bond holders, the Fed, their account holders, etc.

    Remember this is a system. Think of it as if you yonked out 1 random line of code in the middle of some program. While most of the program might or might not work it probably will cause nasty side effects.

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  • (Score: -1, Troll) by Anonymous Coward on Sunday July 19 2020, @11:06PM (5 children)

    by Anonymous Coward on Sunday July 19 2020, @11:06PM (#1023845)

    Fuck the rich. All US banks made their money through slavery and the products of slavery. All US banks should therefore donate half of their capital stock to Blacks to start small businesses like AirBnBs. #BLM #FTR

    • (Score: 2, Interesting) by anubi on Monday July 20 2020, @02:29AM (4 children)

      by anubi (2828) on Monday July 20 2020, @02:29AM (#1023935) Journal

      Banks make their money via usury and the fractional reserve mechanism.

      Most of us don't know it yet, but the banks already own nearly everything. And they did nothing more than issue debt then charge usury. Which now requires creation of yet more debt to pay the loan back.

      Do the math. We are screwed.

      I see only one way to reset the system, and it's been used since Biblical times.

      We in the USA are favored by banks as having the US Dollar, the world's reserve currency, backed up by the US Military to settle disputes. Everyone else has to pay their bills, but in our case, to retain dominance of our military which the elite need to stave off the pitchforks, we simply "extend the debt ceiling", digging ourselves further and further into debt to a private international entity, which is free to shop around for the best pitchfork insurance.

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      "Prove all things; hold fast that which is good." [KJV: I Thessalonians 5:21]
      • (Score: 1) by khallow on Monday July 20 2020, @11:31AM (3 children)

        by khallow (3766) Subscriber Badge on Monday July 20 2020, @11:31AM (#1024047) Journal

        the banks [...] a private international entity

        Sorry, many private entities is not a single private entity. You also ignore the considerable fraction of debt owed to public entities like the governments of China and Japan.

        • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Monday July 20 2020, @01:27PM (2 children)

          by Anonymous Coward on Monday July 20 2020, @01:27PM (#1024084)

          >> debt owed to public entities like the governments of China and Japan.

          Debt that can be erased with a nuclear device is not real debt, and US has already demonstrated its willingness to use atomic weapons to defend its economic interests against the Yellow Peril.

          • (Score: 1) by khallow on Tuesday July 21 2020, @01:24AM

            by khallow (3766) Subscriber Badge on Tuesday July 21 2020, @01:24AM (#1024375) Journal

            Debt that can be erased with a nuclear device is not real debt

            How about debt that can't be erased with a nuclear weapon? Nuclear weapons aren't magic in their ability to cancel contracts. There are tremendous consequences to their use up to and including the extinction of the US.

          • (Score: 1) by anubi on Tuesday July 21 2020, @01:28AM

            by anubi (2828) on Tuesday July 21 2020, @01:28AM (#1024384) Journal

            There appears to be a "ruling elite" which has been with us since prehistoric time, which requires the threat of superior physical violence at the foundation of its leadership model. Appears to exist in all life. Also known as "pecking order".

            Note how the same banking systems quickly took root firmly in the USA, with the US Dollar becoming the world reserve currency after WW2.

            The ownership classes are totally dependent on military might to back up their pen. As you say, physical might cancels debt.

            The US Military depends on the Fed, to extend, through our government, ever increasing debt onto the American populace. But then the Fed desperately needs the use of those weapons to keep all the debtors paying the usury. Or else, the debtors, who far outnumber them, will use guillotines to cancel the debt.

            It's an inherently unstable system, chaotic, while staying within bounds. The existence of humanity is not at stake, but who gets saluted is. Those who are being saluted want to keep it that way. But they are apt to make ever increasing demands until the populace has had enough, and upsets the apple cart.

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            "Prove all things; hold fast that which is good." [KJV: I Thessalonians 5:21]