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I blow hot air.
Dems controlled the Senate with the slimmest majority possible. One fucker that owns a coal company was able to tank all meaningful climate bills and there was nothing Biden or anyone else could do about it. You can forget about any progressive policies in that environment, lol. Biden did well with the tools he was given.
TLDR: Mostly extortion via “protection” fees for various businesses. Also, illegal taps into fuel pipelines and then selling the fuel on the black market.
Surprisingly? It’s common knowledge that a high home value only helps when selling. When living in a home, you want the value to be as low as possible since it affects property tax, insurance, etc… That’s one of the major factors that prices people out of their homes when their town gets gentrified.
The surprising part is the astonishing rate at which insurance premiums are shooting up faster than a hardened fentanyl addict.
This is very accurate! DS is all about dodging, Sekiro is all about parrying, and parrying is a lot easier in Sekiro than in DS. There’s like one boss that is an exception, >!Deamon of Hatred!<, but for everyone else, you just need to realize that you can parry just about everything.
Sword? Parry. Punch? Parry. Rock thrown at your face? Believe it or not, parry.
Stepping on spears and jumping on heads is equally important to parrying, though those are more situational whereas parrying is ubiquitous.
Scary Movie 4 did it better