What you said could be true of any event, but reality is, each of these events influence apathetic people to either become supporters of the regime or anti-establishment.
At least, that's my theory. If not, there would never have been any progress in human society, if things are as static as you theorized.
Even if that did happen, why not tax the additional billionaire income and create subsidized or public housing?
Just because the first step isn't perfect doesn't mean status quo is better than progress.
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I use this: https://www.thesmartesthouse.com/products/diy-smart-garage-opener-kit-zooz-multirelay-ecolink-tilt-sensor
It's a bit finicky. If I open the door through home assistant, it prevents me from operating the door through the manual opener until I click twice. Otherwise, local opener has no power. Not sure if I installed it incorrectly.
But it works fine, otherwise.
Being alive is a red flag.
They are easily scared you mean? For people who are so easily scared of everything, they sure seem to embrace guns and COVID like it's their new Jesus.
It's written off as a business expense. Part of the house is used for business (so write off mortgage, home improvement costs), part of the employee time is used for home improvement (so labor is free for your own home).
Replace "CEO" with "employee". Can an employee get his colleagues to improve their own home at the expense of the company? Can an employee independently take that decision without anyone being able to question it?
That's the ethical quandary here.
Interested in reading more, can you mention the textbook(s) your course uses?