Flags everywhere, and not just ‘Merican ones, actual flags for the branches of the armed forces. They even bought Space Force flags, for fuck’s same.

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    We need a de-hoa movement.

    I think I once read half of homeowners live in hoa’s now. Fuck that, no one is telling me what I can do with my property in the private sector. Not crazy about the government either.

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    I live in an HOA but its legit like 6 houses and they actually use the money we put in to make our living situation better. One year it snowed so much that they hired people to shovel all of our roofs. Small HOA has been a great experience. The fee is only like $150 a month.

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    Flags on Labour Day tells me the people don’t know the difference between Labour Day, which is in September, and Memorial Day, which is in May.

    Memorial Day is not a day for celebration, it’s a day for paying respect to the ultimate sacrifice made by soldiers. Labour Day is about celebrating labour, i.e. workers. Of course most people do celebrate both days, especially if they have the day off of work, but grilling burgers on Memorial Day and knowing the meaning behind the day is not as egregious, IMO, as waving military flags on Labour Day. Just sounds like someone is confused or not educated.

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        It’s not a knock-off, it’s an intentional misdirect. President Grover Cleveland and Congress wanted a workers’ holiday that wasn’t associated with the radical, socialist-flavoured May Day, so they went with the safer, domesticated Knights of Labor version instead.

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    yeah I don’t get flags on labor day. Kinda cracks me up that the biggest flag wavers are also so often the ones being disrespectful in how they do flags. have it on paper plates, napkins, putting small flags all over the place. Often times this ends up as best trash and at worst litter. Then on clothing and they throw a flag up and keep it there overnight without illumination because they are to lazy to put it out in the morning and take it in in the evening. Have the pole placed such that it hits or worse wraps around some object so it really can’t wave unimpeded. Flag wavers are in general the most disrespectful folks when it comes to the flag and they think they are patriots. Maybe 1% of people who put up a flag do it properly. Much less if you include the flag on everything stuff.

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    the damn flags are a peeve of mine… like we need to be reminded of our own fascism.

    mine is the only one in the hood that doesnt sport a us flag… they actually come around and insert these little tiny ones into everyones from lawn, so i have to remove it every year.

    …its cool, for xmas we celebrate by putting out a 9 ft roaring abominable snowman (from rudolph) and about 50k lights starting nov-1. the hoa hasnt said shit so far.

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    Why does the US have HOAs? I can’t think of other countries that have them, nor why they are really needed. Seems like a chance for power-hungry people to be little Hitlers over minutiae.

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      If you’re ever wondering why something in the US is bad, it’s almost always racism. Sometimes it’s corporate profits.

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      Once upon a time, racists would put racial deed restrictions on a house (you could only sell it to another white buyer).

      When that was thrown out, HOAs were a work-around (I’ve been told. Not completely sure how they could just veto a sale to someone with melanin).

      Today, HOAs manage communal property and services (eg landscaping and community pools). The little Hitlers will also put some light fascism in the rules. Some understandable like leaving trash cans out indefinitely. Some less so like exterior paint colors.

      I’m generally not a fan of HOA for single family homes, but I’ve yet to hear of an alternative for multi family buildings (“condos” in most of America). How else do you decide what gets done to communal space?

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        Not completely sure how they could just veto a sale to someone with melanin.

        They can’t, but they can make sure that melanin is the only visible or auditory difference. Nowadays, most (but not all) racists are okay with brown and black people existing as long as they make a little bit less than white professional peers and exactly match the racists’ understanding of how white people should act.

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      The Netherlands has them, if a building has multiple apartments there usually is a HOA. I think it used to be a lot like in the US where some bored pensioner decides to ruin everyone else’s day, but these days they are more and more run by corporations.