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To the contrary, this is market functioning properly - people have something which they are reluctant to share with other people, so they don't. Do you suggest
by kofejnik 9y ago
To the contrary, this is market functioning properly - people have something which they are reluctant to share with other people, so they don't. Do you suggest to force them? This will not be a "proper functioning market", you know. Next, somebody will say that having rich people is bad altogether so let's just share money equally.
- davidw 9y ago> so they don't That would be the case if we were talking about their own property, but they're using rules and regulations to force other people to not do what they want with their property. In a healthy market, yeah, some people would not sell out and change would be gradual as the city built up incrementally. That's how things should be, but we do not allow that.
- Danihan 9y agoYou mean they are doing that via democratically elected political representation? The horror. How dare people elect politicians to represent their own interests, rather than the interests of the allegedly marginalized.
- jmanderley 9y agoSo what? Doesn't mean we aren't allowed to criticize them representing their "own interest"/rent seeking.
- Danihan 9y agoSure, you can criticize and they can ignore it. Worry about making your own city nice, not theirs. That's the whole point of having localized governments.
- davidw 9y agoZoning - in some places - got a start because people didn't want - to be blunt about it - "the wrong colored people" in their neighborhoods. Absolute majority rule has some serious downsides.
- wbl 9y agoThey said that when they chased out Willie Mayes and during the Chinese Laundry cases.