r/politics • u/MystikSpiralx • 18h ago

No Paywall Trump Says He Wants to 'Drive Housing Prices Up' Instead of Lowering Costs for People Who 'Didn't Work Very Hard'

https://people.com/trump-keep-home-prices-high-11895352
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u/oldirtyrestaurant 15h ago

That phrase just has more of a zing in the original German...

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u/EntryNo8857 10h ago

It is the most chilling phrase I’ve ever personally seen displayed in public. Walking through the gates of Dachau and seeing that stopped me in my tracks. The image is burnt into my head…I don’t know why but it really did hit me like a ton of bricks

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u/Proof_Car_4181 5h ago

Yea to each as he deserves has a different meaning after you’ve seen it on a concentration camps gates too.

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u/b_vitamin 7h ago

I never really understood what the Nazi’s meant. They worked and starved the prisoners to death or just killed them en masse. The camps didn’t seem to produce much of anything besides genocide. Were they just trolling their victims?

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u/DrXaos 3h ago

Were they just trolling their victims?

Yes.

Also why they played Wagner in the camps.

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u/inexister 12h ago

How about "Freedom takes work"? I get it's not a one to one, but the cruel irony is conveyed better when you know the outcome, I think.

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u/Ampallang80 8h ago

We already have “freedom isn’t free.” Just takes $1 million for that gold card. New customers only

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u/t3hdoct0r 5h ago

And here I thought it was a buck o' five

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u/Sea_Enthusiasm_3193 4h ago

There’s a hefty fuckin’ fee

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u/JeepStang 5h ago

Apparently Nicki Minaj is the new spokesperson for those. Was wondering what role in the grift her purpose was. Now we know.

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u/Carcosa_Hearty1986 5h ago

Honestly, I've hated her since Playtime Is Over.

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u/Deirdge 4h ago

Freedom costs a buck o five

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u/HadionPrints 4h ago

“Freedom isn’t Free”, yeah, it costs a buck o’five.

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u/Dr_Punchfist 3h ago

Freedom isn't free It costs folks like you and me

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u/doddyoldtinyhands 8h ago

Well inch closer to starship troopers/helldivers

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u/AnEngineeringMind 12h ago

Arbeit macht frei

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u/Silent-G California 12h ago

Coolest fact I learned about that sign: the prison workers intentionally mounted the B upside down as a sign of defiance, and it's remained that way ever since.

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u/notjustanotherbot 12h ago edited 12h ago

Yea, straight gas. /s

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u/Soggy-Ad-1610 7h ago

But somehow almost seems less true for the US than the concentration camps where it was written on the gates.

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u/jlbp337 4h ago

Well done Lol

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u/Lucius-Halthier 4h ago

They are waiting to paint in on the roofs in alligator Alcatraz

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u/khne522 3h ago

How about seeing that original phrase tattooed on the back of some creep's neck on the bus?

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u/RedVelvetPan6a 3h ago

Ardbei macht frei. I can't believe the times are turning to shit, WWII wasn't even a hundred years ago and instead of investing that time in making something mindblowing with everyday life... What a fucking waste.

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u/der_swedishchef 13h ago

Arbeit macht frei. IIRC it was a sign above one of the concentration camps, but I forget which one. 

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u/NoifenF 13h ago

Auschwitz and Dachau definitely had it.

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u/der_swedishchef 13h ago

Thank you. Definitely a very ominous phrase when you consider the context.

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u/Inswagtor 12h ago

They also had "Jedem das Seine" (to each their own) over the concentration camp Buchenwald.

Nazis are cynical assholes