And now you have Democratic cities such as San Francisco, Chicago, Los Angeles allowing rampant migration, crime and retail theft to continue which affects everything from business to every day life. 

The beauty of Airbnb and short-term rentals is that it's one of the most democratized forms of small business, unburdened by barriers to entry.

I disliked him when he was a democrat too (which he was for most of his life, he was a major donor to the Democratic Party throughout the 80’s and 90’s then switched parties 5 times, talk about a flip-flopper). 

The democrats in congress will agree on an infrastructure bill in the next 4 weeks, which RK will point to as the reason the crash didn't happen, saying money printing is a short term stimulus, but only kicks the can down the road and makes the overall problem worse.  

Now, a Florida Democrat senator (no surprise there) wants the federal government to be the "reinsurer".

. $1500 10 years ago is crazy - I guess education has been democratized since then and places like Udemy can scale educational content in ways others can.

The small market size and relationship-based transactions make it difficult for new or smaller players to participate, which aligns with the earlier observation about the lack of services for individual investors.Overall, this market seems to present challenges for growth or democratization, as its current structure favors established, well-connected players with significant capital.

Those in Syria, Iran and North Korea did not enjoy a democratic society, never have unlike the USA.

Back to this topic, as I discussed my opinion with Josh in person, I do not see a value to us members in the new influence system and prefer an idea of a badge system with some democratic means to get a badge, thus removing just about all possibilities for the system to be "cheated" and to provide more valid confirmation (for lack of a better word) to users on who is an expert in what field(s).The idea would be to get rid of the point system and replace with a badge system.

To add to what @Dennis M. is saying, it's not really well understood in other places that in these mature Rust Belt MSAs dominated by Democratic union machines (and I say this as a registered Democrat), the best action for OOS investors is rarely within the city limits proper, or even in the immediate suburbs.