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TexasTowelie

(115,926 posts) Thu Sep 19, 2024, 04:22 PM Sep 19

BlackRock and other asset managers are profiting off of every aspect of your life. It's not a conspiracy — it's an open restructuring of society.

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BlackRock: The Conspiracies You Don't Know - More Perfect Union (Original Post) TexasTowelie Sep 19 OP

K&R burrowowl Sep 19 #2

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1. BlackSTONE is the Hedgefund landlord happy to hide behind confusion with BlackRock

Thu Sep 19, 2024, 04:34 PM

Sep 19

Just to be clear about who is responsible for buying up single family homes by the thousands, making them unaffordable for young or first-time buyers.

The Blackstone rebellion: how one country took on the world’s biggest commercial landlord –
https://www.theguardian.com/news/audio/2022/oct/17/the-blackstone-rebellion-how-one-country-took-on-the-worlds-biggest-commercial-landlord-podcast

Blackstone raised rents double the market average in San Diego, report says
https://www.cbs8.com/article/news/local/blackstone-raised-rents-double-the-market-average/509-aad0689c-5d73-4b25-9f4f-1ea1147df66c

Wall Street billionaire backed Republicans who later tried to overturn election result
Blackstone founder Stephen Schwarzman faces scrutiny over donations to rightwing Republicans
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2021/feb/02/stephen-schwarzman-blackstone-republicans-campaign-donations

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2. K&R

Thu Sep 19, 2024, 05:34 PM

Sep 19