CassCat OP t1_j68estm wrote on January 28, 2023 at 2:02 PM

Reply to comment by Independent_Source97 in This is a cult, right? by CassCat

Hedge fund guy tries to build "church", with very broad mission statement that seems non-religious. Neighbours kick up shit because that's New Canaan's favorite hobby, and complain that liberal land use policies afforded to religious-use land don't apply and mount legal challenge. Mission statement gets re-vamped. Thing gets built anyway. Neighbours ultimately fuck off. Controversial building now somewhere you can go to do free stuff on weekend.

Did I miss anything?

SueBeee t1_j68fo27 wrote on January 28, 2023 at 2:10 PM

Tax-free.

champagne_in_a_box t1_j6b7lo9 wrote on January 29, 2023 at 2:12 AM

Which is honestly fine because I don’t think they earn a cent of profit.

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IndicationOver t1_j697hv2 wrote on January 28, 2023 at 5:32 PM

You know why this kind of stuff does not piss me off, because if the shoe was on the other foot it could easily be you or I doing the same damn thing.

bramletabercrombe t1_j6b2te7 wrote on January 29, 2023 at 1:34 AM

This post reminds me of this quote:

"Socialism never took root in America because the poor see themselves not as an exploited proletariat but as temporarily embarrassed millionaires." -John Steinbeck