In this episode of Built to Divide, Dimitrius Lynch traces how crisis becomes opportunity — not for everyone, but for those positioned to acquire when others are forced to let go.
From psychological influence campaigns and the weaponization of belief to pandemic-era wealth acceleration, this episode reveals how instability reshapes ownership itself. Lynch connects redlining to modern rent burdens, shows how algorithmic pricing may be rewriting competition, and examines how disasters — from COVID-19 to California wildfires — can trigger generational wealth transfers.
You’ll hear how institutional investors, lobbying power, and financialization collide with housing supply constraints, why innovation alone cannot solve affordability, and how narratives shape public policy long before laws are written.
This is not simply a story about housing. It is a story about power. About who gets to own the future — and who keeps paying for it.
If you want to understand why the wealth gap widens after every crisis, why housing increasingly behaves like a financial instrument, and how division itself becomes strategy, this is an episode you cannot afford to miss.
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The Revolutionary Power of Biobased Materials with Jacob Waddell
Net Zero Community: Veridian at County Farm
Episode Extras - Photos, videos, sources and links to additional content found during research.
Episode Credits:
Production in collaboration with Gābl Media
Written & Executive Produced by Dimitrius Lynch
Audio Engineering and Sound Design by Jeff Alvarez
