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The problem with the prototypical Old Poor Widow (she lives in a million-dollar home in an excellent neighborhood, how sad) is that she votes in every local ele
by rspeer 10y ago
The problem with the prototypical Old Poor Widow (she lives in a million-dollar home in an excellent neighborhood, how sad) is that she votes in every local election.
The people who benefit from density -- the young, the renters -- don't vote. Well, they vote every four years in the high-drama national electoral-college reality show, but that doesn't matter. And the people working service jobs who have to commute in from far away couldn't vote for local candidates who would benefit their interests even if they wanted to, because of course they don't live there.
Politicians know that if they enact a land value tax, the elderly who lucked into amazing homes will vote them out of office. This won't change unless renters start voting for their interests.
- tmccrmck 10y agoWell, how do we get the young to vote in every election? How do we get the 25 year old barista to care about their community when they've been transient since they were 18? And I mean consistently, not just every four years. Among my peers there was so much political activity in the weeks after the national election. Unfortunately, it's already slowed down to a trickle after everyone has outrage fatigue. None of my friends want to even mention politics at this point.