1a) Either the power to compete for lower prices matters or it does not. I believe it does.

1b) Yes, as I’ve often said, I’m a socialist and UBI is a capitalist solution. I support it for the same reason I support Medicare, Medicaid, and Social Security — it helps the poor. Do you oppose those programs? If so, you are economically privileged.

2) I don’t know why antiracists have decided redlining was about race rather than poverty. 92% of redlined homeowners were white.