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Right. In the UK, societally, we've decided that we don't value everyone having a decent place to live. We don't seem to really have a "goal" for our society,
by esotericn 8y ago
Right.
In the UK, societally, we've decided that we don't value everyone having a decent place to live.
We don't seem to really have a "goal" for our society, I think. Maybe "everyone should have a job". But that's indirect; people want jobs because they (ideally) result in outcomes like feeling like you're contributing and receiving a stable life in response.
"Everyone gets a house if they want" is a really solid goal to aim for that we've just sort of given up on. It's not unviable at all, it's just politically been brushed aside.
- __blockcipher__ 8y agoTread carefully. Implement such a policy naively and you end up with the American dream: everyone tied to mortgages they can’t afford. Of course the core problem is treating affordability as merely a function of access to loans, without accounting for second / higher order effects. You’re clearly not proposing that, but it is of course an easy trap for a society to fall into
- EliRivers 8y agoMaybe "everyone should have a job". I think that's just a spin on the real "goal", or at least the feeling behind it; people don't deserve any help when they're down because they could have a job.