Modern Socialists Strike Again-And You May Just See It For Yourself When You Next Check Into A Hotel

[@massacmongo995]

Government Control of Privately owned Business .... sounds like the definition of Fascism

[@prodigalpriest]

And this is coming from the Far-left.

[@anb7408]

Do you even know what facism is? Apparently not since you just made that asinine comment. Government over regulation is classic communist LIBERAL strategy.

[@brookeking8559]

@@prodigalpriestwhich makes sense because fascism is leftist despite how they keep claiming it’s far right. Don’t get me wrong, the far right has had problems, but fascism isn’t one of them.

[@amraceway]

@@prodigalpriest Actually fascism is when business owns the government, much like the path the USA has taken. Three private equity corporations control nearly 90 % of the economy.

[@methos-ey9nf]

Socialism is a left wing ideology. Fascism is a right wing ideology. And FWIW, fascism requires a dictator.

[@bwhog]

"Government doesn't need to own the means of production. It can control by expansive regulation". You have just given the definition of Fascism.

[@theOlLineRebel]

THANK YOU! GMTA, exact same timing. They love calling us fascists but know not the definition, and that they have been fascists a long time and have made our country very fascist. It’s about time we call them names more, blowing right back their favorite epithet for us.

[@VagoniusThicket]

Or Communism.

[@stevenscott2136]

The average Democrat genuinely believes "fascism" means "racism". And they identify a racist as "anyone who doesn't want to give all his money to someone darker".

[@imnotmike]

Could you not just... go look up the definition of Fascism? Would that be too much to ask, before you go claiming that some random thing is the definition of fascism? Fascism has very little to do with shampoo bottles.

[@theOlLineRebel]

@@VagoniusThicket No, communism is a step beyond fascism - owning all. Fascism controls everything with massive regulation but officially it's private ownership. I wish these leftists would figure out that fascism is NOT the opposite of their beloved communism, but simply a ratchet below it.

[@superman9772]

when i heard about this topic on the news, i thought about it and figured that it was just a play to make the customer buy it at the hotel lobby or via room service with a "SMALL FEE AND TAX"... just a way to dig into your pocket... i think the best solution is by not going to a city that taxes hygiene but does nothing to prevent bed bugs and rats

[@davidmichael4002]

Spend your money in red states.

[@209cherrypie]

Ha ha why ?

[@maddhatter3564]

@@209cherrypie if you dont know you wont understand the explanation

[@209cherrypie]

@@maddhatter3564 my assumption would be that the economy in red states is failing due to poor policy choices made by Red State Republican politicians. JS

[@Thundercloud25]

@@209cherrypieWhy?Your kidding right?Oh your a delusional blue voter ok😂

[@Thundercloud25]

@@209cherrypieBlind it’s the blue states that have gone down the toilet but libs love it😂

[@johnchandler1687]

Fascism, Socialism, not a hair's breath difference between the two. You either have a small government with individual citizens making most of their life's choices for themselves or you have a society controlled by a big government for it's own good; not the individual's. Doesn't matter if you have a king, a dictator or a bunch of bureaucrats controlling you with thousands of regulations that no elected official approved.

[@Brucev7]

The "isms" Social, Max, Commun

[@209cherrypie]

@@johnchandler1687 Fascism is a far-right form of government in which most of the country's power is held by one ruler or a small group, under a single party. Fascist governments are usually totalitarian and authoritarian one-party states. Communism is an economic ideology that advocates for a classless society in which all property and wealth are communally owned instead of being owned by individuals. Socialism is an economic system in which major industries are owned by workers rather than by private businesses. It is different from capitalism, where private actors, like business owners and shareholders, can own the means of production.

[@johnchandler1687]

@@209cherrypie Doesn't make a bit of difference. Both are total control government's where average citizens have little or no personal freedom. Name a "socialist state" where the power is not concentrated in the hands of one or a few men. Usually one.

[@shanesaw13]

@@209cherrypie Fascism is not "far-right" at all. It sits on the left holding hands with Socialism and Communism. The far right is Anarchy, i.e. No Government. Liberal teachers have been trying to pass off Fascism as far right for years and it's as false today as it was when I was in school 20 years ago.

[@johnchandler1687]

@@209cherrypie My statement is, however, true. You either have a very small government, like the U.S. used to have, or a total government that controls every aspect of your life.

[@kevinmorris7722]

Government is supposed to protect and serve us, not control us. after all, it's supposed to be a government of the people....

[@peter-sr1zd]

If you don't vote them out then you better get used to it.

[@springerworks002]

Voting is the adult equivalent of writing a letter to Santa Clause. Maybe if you are good, the government will actually give you what you want.

[@1voluntaryist]

I don't vote because it encourages authoritarians. I will vote when I can choose "None of the above" or "Abolish this office" or "Leave this position empty". I am an enemy of the state.

[@generatorjohn4537]

Thank You Mr. Forbes for your commentary! Yes, you couldn't pay me to move to New York.

[@leslieschott754]

I’m native born Californian, and I’m ready to LEAVE!!!

[@wsmith3849]

Anyone wanting to ban an AC unit doesn’t live in the south. How come they don’t ban plastic water and soda bottles? I guess those companies have big pockets.

[@ellsworthwhitehead2703]

Only for you not them they NEED their AC !

[@thomasmalloryevans2932]

Straight out of the FASCIST economic model - allow for the APPEARANCE of private ownership, while the STATE dictates how those businesses MUST be run - disgusting……………

[@macazootie]

two things can be true at the same time: windfarms AND single-use plastics are both terrible sources of pollution

[@user-iu1ru1qz7u]

Turns out there's no free lunch in the world, who would've known? Also, considering the pathetic performance of wind farms, their waste is beyond not acceptable.

[@RustyCar]

Government: You will own nothing and be happy about it!

[@CynVee]

Don't forget, we will also eat bugs and like it!

[@dingus5931]

does your happiness depend on owning things

[@RustyCar]

@@dingus5931 - Please tell me you miss the point.

[@maddhatter3564]

@@dingus5931 yopu purposly miss the point. nice try tho.

[@maddhatter3564]

@@dingus5931 tell me youd be happy with just the cloths on your back.

[@melanie7781]

I would never use a community bottle like those in hotels now in the showers, who knows what someone puts something in them that is not supposed to be there. I have seen them in other states too. I carry my own stuff with me.

[@lambertlum1087]

Or maybe buy a full shampoo bottle at the local shop and discard at check out day. A regulation to reduce plastic waste may in fact create more plastic waste.

[@CarlosBenjamin]

The bottles are just like new bottles from the store. They’re safety sealed.

[@heidim7732]

@@CarlosBenjamin I recently stayed in a chain hotel in Canada. I was impressed by the pump-dispenser bottles of hand soap, lotion, shampoo, bodywash, and conditioner, all locked into their holders and inaccessible to anyone without a key. There is no local or provincial law mandating this, it is obviously a decision by corporate that saves money. People need to calm down.

[@209cherrypie]

@@melanie7781 what ? Ha ha

[@AJ-lu3wx]

That was extremely diplomatic: "When a new president takes office in January".... Bravo.

[@manlius]

Technically, neither the President nor anybody else in the federal government has constitutional authority to regulate or deregulate the availability of shampoo and lotions in hotels. The 10th Amendment explains it most succinctly. Please read it.

[@Columbus1152]

Isn't it all about money? In a corporatocracy, they convince technocrats to convince bureaucrats to govern in their best interest. Oligarchs, co-operative scientists, politicians, aristocrats, and corporations all prosper when the "rules" are stacked in their favor. The only ones who lose are the working public.

[@arnoldpainal5885]

Years ago they demanded we have small bottles in order to get through TSA and now they want to tell us small bottles are bad for the environment.

[@andycommonsincanada]

Why people still live in these crazy cities is beyond me

[@marcushoward6560]

I understand why the parasites do, but there is no reason for producers/contributors to do so.

[@oldgoat142]

Because crazy birds of a feather flock together.

[@nikkisalazar6726]

So many are trapped. Homes they can't sell, trying to find job in other state that's not minimum wage. Illegals drive salaries down.

[@mr.d.572]

Some of us are stuck here for different reasons.

[@stevenscott2136]

Job opportunities in many fields are heavily concentrated in large cities. Plus, left-leaning people are convinced that all of us outside the cities are extras from "Deliverance" (for young folks, think Murphee Brood from Red Dead 2), so they're terrified to leave the city.

[@k.b.tidwell]

Steve, I'm STILL rooting for your index card flat tax proposal! I've been a fan of it for decades, and always will be.

[@NewMoonBlitz]

They banned plastic straws in paper wrappers and made paper straws in plastic wrappers.🤪

[@samuelschick8813]

There is a GM plant in Kokomo, Indiana that wanted a new road built from the plant to a city street and wanted the taxpayer to pay for it. So a radio station had a politician on talking about creating a new tax to pay for the road. Of course he said after the road was built the new tax would be abolished, they took calls. Host: " You're on the air Samuel, do you have questions for ( politician, forgot his name)?" Me: " Yes I do." Politician: " Hello Samuel, what is your question?" Me: " Did you say GM wanted the taxpayer to pay for the road on GM property?" Politician: " That is correct. A new tax would be created to pay for the road which would bring in jobs to the area." Me: " Did you say after the road, a driveway really was paid for the tax for the road would be abolished?" Politician: " Yes, after the road, not a driveway is built and paid for the tax funding it would be abolished." Me: " That's fine, but can you answer me another question?" Politician: " Yes, what is it?" Me: " Can you name one time a tax was created to pay for something with the promise that the tax would be abolished when the project was created? Instead of politicians finding something else to spend the money on?" Host: " Thank you for calling Samuel. Hello John, you're on the air do you have any questions or comments?" John: "Yes, what Samuel said." LOL

[@alexandergergely6692]

Keep informing us! Thank You!

[@TarotKiller-y6i]

What are the 7 components of air? The main components of air are: Nitrogen (78%) Oxygen (21%) Carbon dioxide (0.04%) Argon (0.93%) Trace amounts of helium, neon, methane, hydrogen and water vapor.

[@globcsiebresztgeto]

"You will own nothing and you will be happy." - WEF

[@MgtowRubicon]

*"The welfare of humanity is always the alibi of tyrants." -- Albert Camus*

[@rafaelgonzalez4175]

Did you say New York? That could be the city of NY or the State of NY. Which is in America. Which is a Capitalist Country that charges for all of those things. The Motels may remove them as it always was freely taken..

[@lwmarti]

The fact that people are OK with expensive and ineffective regulations (as well as lots of luxury beliefs) tells me that we've become too rich as a society.

[@bobmatthews6918]

The sadder truth is these are just “feel good “ measures and not even effective in their own climate models

[@leslieschott754]

Yes, only the rich can afford luxury, that’s right!

[@maryannehibbard5686]

"If they were worried about plastics, they would ban wind farms." Soooo true!! But common sense is not common. Regarding the small plastic bottles - I've recently found shampoo, conditioner, body soap provided in wall dispensers in hotels - is actually quite convenient.

[@wpierce34004ever]

When I traveled for work, I always snagged those little bottles and brought them home (I bring my own stuff). Once I had a bunch collected I gave them to the church or a homeless shelter.

[@Firetiger93]

The ONLY legitimate purpose of government in the private sector would be to simply make sure everyone is being transparent and truthful concerning their products or services. Government has no right whatsoever to tell American citizens how they can and can't do business.

[@burklander3338]

Thanks for the update

[@millerforester6237]

Hope is not a strategy.

[@mikemorris1760]

B.O.H.I.C.A. (Bend over here it comes again)

[@Jon.......]

SNAFU and FUBAR as well!

[@JAT922]

They don’t even have the decency to use lubricants

[@gregb.6682]

Its laughable but not funny. Just wanted to calmly experience life without a radical overbearing OZ creating hardships.

[@Steve-yo4ld]

All while those very elites fly freely around the world to enjoy their 350-foot yacht in Italy!😂

[@thesaltyspacecowboy8531]

In a world of Journalistic malfeasance, Forbes stands out as one of the few who still maintains its Integrity. Thank you Mr. Forbes and God Bless You and your Team...

[@KristinaBakerSmith]

I thought the hotels offered it because we werent allowed to carry them ourselves on airplanes? Fine, they dont have to offer it, but then Im bringing my own. They need to pick a lane...duh.

[@k.b.tidwell]

They've offered those amenities for decades. I remember my brother and I going with my mom and grandparents (mom's folks) to the Great Smoky Mountains when I was seven years old in 1977. Our hotel had them then, and everywhere I've stayed since has too. In my mind it's another way to lay even more of the ever-higher cost of actually enjoying yourself on to the common person. If you've thought about all of the transferal of wealth theories, this could be one tiny part of that. Every little bit helps the rich become richer.

[@cjsz6854]

It’s scary how easy it is to fall for some of these schemes. Thanks for pointing out the hypocrisy!!

[@louisleblanc2972]

I thought they were refilling the little shampoo bottles between each guest... But that may only be the case in very small hotels!

[@The66Leadfoot]

Thank you for everything you do. Hopefully, enough voters wake up to the absurdity of our elected officials.

[@iWalkChris]

Make them out of glass again.

[@lilblackduc7312]

Paper grocery bags.

[@Steve-bw4oh]

Coming down to self preservation....do what you gotta do

[@markcoveryourassets]

Interesting that there isn’t a forced “choice” of recycling the bottles, although NY is probably trying to control the world, which visits NY and takes these bottles home as souvenirs and refillables for TSA friendly travel. They probably think the world goes whale and dolphin fishing with them. I have a client who uses small glass bottles, and I’ve been to hotels that use bulk dispensers in the bathrooms. The latter is probably easier to deal with than trying to overcome the air pressure difference and stickiness properties of their contents that would make ketchup a better body and hair cleanser in terms of speed of application from a bottle. But snack taxes, sugar beverage taxes, and you name it have been coming out of these nanny states for a long time. This is just another. When does your nanny become your dictator? When you no longer have control over her salary or her purse strings. Perhaps a massive tallow soap making protest can be held in Times Square to lock up traffic and spread the stench of “natural” soap made of rotting animal fat and ash from burning wood stoves. “Back to Nature!” Modern Socialists just hate people, starting with themselves.

[@publicxxer5379]

Somehow, someway those little bottles are racist also.

[@davebarkley8773]

When was the last time you saw some black people hair jell?

[@commanderthorkilj.amundsen3426]

@@davebarkley8773White folk, Hispanics, Asians, and lots of non-black people use hair treatments, mr. barkey.

[@commanderthorkilj.amundsen3426]

@@davebarkley8773 how about Pacific Islander hair gel? Inuit?

[@zippy2641]

I'm surprised they gave up so quickly on congestion pricing. They need it to advance their 15 min city agenda and it will help to destroy the middle class. I think it will be back...

[@theatomicpunkkid]

Oh that's neat I now have to replace my duffel bag because it's small and can't hold a full size bottle of shampoo and 5 days to a week's worth of clothes without risking squeezing the shampoo. Thanks goobers! Goobers what you gonna do about gooberss??? They're really pulling this in a place where a sandwich a drink and a side is now a quarter Century note

[@CharlesLambert137]

"The government you elect is the government you deserve.” - Thomas Jefferson

[@brendavalentine-bates7737]

Bravo

[@kimwiser445]

And the wind turbines end up buried in landfills.

[@Numba1hunna83]

Why would anyone want to visit New York anymore anyway?

[@k.b.tidwell]

"Please let me go where there's the most crime, the least goodness, the most confusion, and the least happiness."

[@greggbaker7120]

Almost Everything you by, is IN plastic

[@rafaelgonzalez4175]

How is that socialism? Please articulate the explanation.

[@freesk8]

Wonderful! Thanks, Steve! :)

[@skyw4278]

This is great...thanks Steve

[@tonyug113]

DO the R.e.t.a.r.d.s not realise that the 'small bottles' are refilled from mass 'cheap' bought in stock in a huge drum or bottle.. Actually a very 'green' process, analogous to reusing glass coke bottles.

[@eugeneward900]

Why does everyone give in to these jerks ?

[@Ryarios]

You have to wonder how late these people stay up at night trying to figure out the most absurd new regulations.

[@thermalreboot]

It's fair and proper to identify who these people really are. Socialism is an socioeconomic ideology where government owns the production of goods and services and controls the distribution of resources. What we really have here is Fascism. Fascism is a form of Socialism where private ownership is left intact, but the government controls the production of goods and services and controls the distribution of resources. Benito Mussolini invented Fascism in the 1920s after he recognized the failure of Socialism. During WWI, Mussolini who was a card carrying Socialist, noticed that working class people, or the proletariat, fought side by side with plebeians and patricians, however Brits fought for the sake of Brits, French fought for the sake of the French, and Germans fought for the sake of Germans. He realized the Marxist idea of class division was incorrect, but that people organized by tribe or nationality. He also saw the failure of the Marxist economic ideal in the Soviet Union where the Soviet economy immediately collapsed and required help from the West to keep Soviet Citizens alive. He decided that by uniting a people around a national identity rather than a class identity and by allowing those who understand how to run a business to do so, he could still control the means of production and how the acquired resources of that production could be distributed in a Marxist fashion. Adolf Hitler, another student of Marx, saw how Italy fared better than the Soviet in it's quality of life for it's citizens borrowed much from Fascism and added Racism to form Nazism. Racism and Socialism were crafted from the same cloth as Marx was a deep racist and anti-Semite. So really the only difference between Fascism and Socialism was who was allowed to own the means of production.

[@StillLivinginthewoods]

It's good to see that some people still understand the meaning of these words. Every time I see someone referring to a die-hard Capitalist as a "fascist", my eyes roll into the back of my head. Fascism is a form of socialism, but instead of nationalizing production, corporations are simply brought into the fold with the government.

[@lyndabrown3402]

@@thermalreboot interesting how many of the Russian revolution characters were of Jewish descent.

[@thermalreboot]

@@lyndabrown3402 Have you noticed there are Jews today who side with Gaza? Bad ideas are attractive to many people.

[@billmullins6833]

Interesting that Marx, a Jew by birth, would be so rabidly anti-Semitic. Deep down that had to have generated some serious cognitive discord. Your conscious mind can believe anything it wishes but deep down your unconscious mind knows the truth.

[@HotRod12667]

@@lyndabrown3402 except Marx was German.

[@brianmccain8818]

@Forbes please raise the teleprompter so Steve is looking straight ahead

[@daphnekivinen9482]

Isn't that about the silliest!

[@John-cj7et]

NYC will become less relevant as time goes on. You don't need people to be physically present together when you can have online meetings. NYC got big and wealthy because everything happened there. Now, everything can happen anywhere.

[@davecarrera]

cui bono? If as a hotel owner, I can blame the gov for forcing me not to supply an included product, then am I not the one saving money buying them & adding to my bottom line ?

[@engineer12v]

Ah that is why the Marriott brand has removed the small bottles of soaps... i was pretty upset by that move

[@brkbtjunkie]

The irony being that reducing CO2 will stunt plant growth which in turn will reduce oxygen levels.

[@SwanOnChips]

Spot on!

[@ausbare140]

I like how optimistic people are that Joe bidden will not get back in.

[@1wheeldrive751]

He’ll need 100 million mail in ballots this time.

[@mr.d.572]

Yeah but the Dems could still cheat. Also if they take the House and Senate then they still have all the power.

[@clemdane]

I just stayed in a hotel in Detroit and it didn't have little bottles of shampoo. It had three large bottles of shampoo, conditioner, and body wash permanently affixed to one wall of the shower that you had to "serve yourself" with

[@freethebirds3578]

In Canada, I stayed in a hotel that had 3 dispensers mounted on the shower wall: shampoo, conditioner, and body wash.

[@clemdane]

@@freethebirds3578 Yes, exactly the same!

[@WolfsFriend42]

Those small bottles are very bad for the environment.

[@nowhereman7398]

I don't stay in hotels, and don't want to.

[@joym3415]

Thanks Steve

[@Semiam1]

I travel and on several occasions I’ve found the maids don’t refill those wall mounted bottles.

[@rev.randall2292]

Oh Brother , just say NO!

[@ThreenaddiesRexMegistus]

Not just New York - the green idiocy is rampant in Australia too. Lots of money to be made via the climate cult. 👍🏻

[@edb3877]

There is nothing in this world that would induce me to be anywhere near NY, state or city. Not that this idiocy won't spread because there are so many "useful idiots" out there to spread it. As to hotel soap and lotion, just about every grocery store in the US has an area where small "trial sized" personal care products can be purchased for a dollar or two. Their loss at a hotel is a very minor inconvenience, especially when compared to hotel room and dining costs. The recent whining about summer weather is a prime example of climate frenzy. I grew up in OK, TX, and AL. My dad was a soldier and we went where he was sent. I have no complaints about that at all but living in the southern US for much of that time meant long hot summers and that was 65 years ago. So, what's changed? Not the weather but the irrational fear of the weather, usually in the guise of "climate change". Don't look now but the climate of the Earth has ALWAYS been changing, even many millennia before humanity came on the scene. This is because the Earth's climate is dynamic and not static. In many ways, humans have even less impact on the climate now than we did 50-100 years ago, even though there are many more of us on the Earth today than in the past.

[@dougybrownie481]

Also over half the work force and practically most people even go outside for extended time except to get a climate control vehicle.I spent 70% my life working in out door environment from sub zero to 120.People can’t handle extreme change in weather anymore

[@carylhalfwassen8555]

Upper NY state is beautiful, especially the finger lakes region.

[@raoulcruz4404]

Local news station has been reporting the Heat Index as the high temperature for the day. The calculation of the heat index was altered several years ago by the NOAA. The resulting index number is higher than previously recorded for the same weather conditions.

[@stevenscott2136]

​@@raoulcruz4404I always thought "heat index" was silly -- as if you could quantify how thousands of people "feel" the weather, when I'm wiping sweat off my brow and the woman right next to me is wearing a jacket. Just tell me the measurements and let me figure out my own discomfort.

[@francisebbecke2727]

I understand the city of San Marcos, TX are banning single use soda bottles from local parks. Its all about control.

[@billmullins6833]

San Marcos is a college town. Enough said?

[@hjumper8238]

Hear! Hear! Spread these words!

[@grampydeathblade2217]

@0:55 Which is really funny because by reducing emissions in 1st world nations we've cleaned up the atmo so much More UV is coming in causing the recent heat wave LOL

[@Jimsranch]

I trust Steve.

[@MichiganJFroggg]

This is happening in other states. I was awakened on my last trip when the jumbo pump shampoo bottle glued to the shower stall fell off in the middle of the night.

[@jeffhuntley2921]

Imagine worrying about shampoo bottles while sending bombs all over the world. We need smaller government

[@unadomandaperte]

Socialism is like a religion but without the god part.

[@billmullins6833]

It's not "like" a religion it bleeping well IS a religion - a secular religion! And its adherents are downright rabid about spreading it and enforcing its tenets!

[@howardsmith9342]

It lacks the "love thy neighbor" part, too.

[@peterp8911]

Aww, now those house maids who get paid slightly more than minimum wage will have to buy their shampoos and soaps rather than relying on taking the leftovers.

[@nyclivemedia4707]

The people are going to Geo-locate and facial recognition all the top corporate executives,lobbyists, private equity investors Super PAC directors and their families Systematicly regulate them with their rifles ...........lol

[@richdorak1547]

Who's going to NYC hotels ? It's a shithole .

[@leslieschott754]

So is L.A. and San Francisco!! 😮

[@BVSchaefer]

Since hotel room amenities are a pass through expense to the guest, just buy budget brand full size bottles and adjust the rate per room night accordingly.

[@CJinsoo]

so this is why hotels have been switching to reusable containers for shampoo and soap in the shower.

[@ericwright1840]

Watermelons red on the inside, green on the outside.

[@TheSams61]

They also push online buying and delivery. Which means more trucks with diesel smoke on the road. That's real green.

[@Chris-hq7nl]

Thanks!

[@brentwelin3612]

Just stay home it easier

[@troyanderson4801]

I’ve been traveling this week. Most hotels have wall mounted shampoo and conditioner and body wash in large bottles. It’s fine. The only drawback is I can’t get the small bottles and soaps to donate to the homeless shelters.

[@marcushoward6560]

There is also the issue of someone contaminating the "community" soap/shampoo.

[@MississippiHomesteadJourney]

@@marcushoward6560 I bring my own. lol

[@davidmann4533]

Haven’t been in a hotel since 2006 this year is not looking good either😂

[@alanmorrison3598]

Dosen't the Chevron decision mitigate all this?

[@gary9080]

They give you a little in the palm of your hand down at check in desk.

[@jobethschlatterer1655]

Communism 😡😡😡

[@ernestclements7398]

Chicago has already bought into the " No New Gas Stoves BS.

[@cherilynhamilton746]

The hotel can use refill attached to shower bottles like they used to.

[@MOstix13]

These ridiculous pencil pushers need to stop buying electric cars as well. The pollution from the batteries alone is going to be immense. Stop these unelected bureaucrats.

[@PatsPurposefulPutzing]

Big hotel chains have been moving this direction for several years -- bulk bottles in the bathroom probably reduce cost

[@manlius]

Socialism or not, it's fine with whatever NY and CA want to do - as long as they keep it in their state. That's government of the people, by the people, for the people as the Constitution intended it. It's a whole other story, however, when the federal government imposes those kind of regulations on states. That's tyranny, overreach, and a violation of Article I and the 10th Amendment of the US Constitution.

[@mark5846]

Are they not Empire state fascists rather than socialists? I feel weird questioning Steve Forbes, who I learned much from over the last 4 decades.

[@howardsmith9342]

Does it really matter that much who is holding the sword over your head?