Comment on Has any country actually _solved_ the housing crisis?
hypnotoad__@lemmy.ml 1 week agoBy “resistance” you mean “rich people and their money, along with the laws that have kept them rich”
Comment on Has any country actually _solved_ the housing crisis?
hypnotoad__@lemmy.ml 1 week agoBy “resistance” you mean “rich people and their money, along with the laws that have kept them rich”
magiccupcake@lemmy.world 1 week ago
While yes, the rich are the main problem, the bulk of resistance is the middle class. They don’t want to see the value of their property go down, or see increased traffic. Even though the suggested policy changes would help them too! The brainwashing is strong among people, not just the rich.
It’s also hard, because to make meaningful changes, you need progress in at least 2 of these areas at the same time, which means you need to get people and politicians to agree on how to fix the problem!
I see many people blaming corporate ownership as a problem, and in our current system is it is. But implementing my proposed changes would make it unpalatable for exploitive corporations, without needing to explicitly ban them!
hypnotoad__@lemmy.ml 1 week ago
Agreed, most of us are idiots who don’t want to create change if it means even the tiniest amount of momentary inconvenience.