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I understood that reference.

Guess I'll really have to work for being patient... Or I'll just break down and buy it anyway at some point.

Same! Waiting for it not to cost 80$ Canadian... If it goes on sale for half, I'll buy it I guess

So it's a condensed version of Atlas Shrugged, maybe with a sprinkle of The Fountainhead?

You can probably get lots of ebooks with your library card, for free.

Laid off probably...

Thanks for taking the time to answer!

What's the typical reaction to that? Bring honest like that doesn't sound like a winning strategy, unless you pass it off as a joke maybe.

Miles Tek does that in the later books, IIRC. strap a lasgun to a shield generator, instant pseudo nuclear bomb.

Edit: I guess the difference is that they are dropping the whole package, not just the lasgun.

Wouldn't it make sense to minimize that disadvantage then? There will always be people who have no other choice but rent, so they should be protected from exploitation. And stronger renter protection could cool down the housing market, because it makes being a landlord work multiple properties less attractive. Win-win if you ask me.

Renting by itself would be fine, it's just that there's barely any rent control in North America, and you're constantly at the mercy of your landlord, inflation and general greed. Put national standards for renter protection and rent increases in place and this would be much less of a problem.

They did it for both Dune movies where I went.