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This seems opposite to my understanding of democracy. Also, in my experience, state distributed housing lifted misery and corruption to some astounding levels
by AzzieElbab 8y ago
This seems opposite to my understanding of democracy. Also, in my experience, state distributed housing lifted misery and corruption to some astounding levels
- k__ 8y agoAnd now we have cities that get too expensive for the people that were born there...
- dingo_bat 8y agoSo? What is the argument exactly?
- k__ 8y agoCountries have very limited space and growing populations. Does it really make sense to give the biggest chunks to people with the most money?
- ekianjo 8y agoits called gentrification. Nothing new.
- anonuser123456 8y agoWhen the value proposition no longer makes sense; move?
- k__ 8y agoThe question is, should "the value proposition", in terms of finances, be the criteria? Should the people who are rich be the only ones who can decide where to live?
- jadedhacker 8y agoDemocracy means that people have equal representation. Money based systems are literally the opposite of that. A man with a billion dollars has a billion votes.
- AzzieElbab 8y ago"Money based system" is a bad sci-fi. State managed distribution is real history, at least for me. It did not work well
- jadedhacker 8y agoWhat went wrong in your case?
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- ekianjo 8y agoequal political representation and in general equal rights no matter where you come from. Democracy says nothing about everyone being poor or something. Its a political system, not an economical one.
- jadedhacker 8y agoThis is a new concept under capitalism: the hard wall between economics and politics. It favors the liberal bourgeoisie professional-managerial class. Unfortunately, politics and economics are basically one and the same. Some people win, others lose. The only defensible goal is to make as many people win as possible. Capitalism does not do that.