There is a lot here. First, there is the Christian-washing of basic gentrification.

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Look at this lingo. It’s thicker than an instagram capitalism hustle:
Redemptive enterprise. Wut.
The gentrification is very 2021. But the “third place” theory of capitalist change is 2001. Makes me wonder where she is pulling these threads.
It’s real estate speculation. The rest of this is a grab bag of mumbo jumbo.
And just as I am thinking that the almost-pastor sounds like a carnie I get this pay-off:
Do the Methodists do visions?? I didn’t think they did that. Admittedly, I’m not very good at the religions.
My great grandma always said that people who just walk up to you claiming to prophesy always got one of them eyes on your purse.
And, again, I thought the Methodists just asked you to lower your voice and eat a lot of cream of mushroom soup products. But I could definitely be wrong.

Anyway, this is wild and solidarity with that community.

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