>it's not uncommon for people to unknowingly support policies that don't actually benefit them. The presumption of democracy is that this is a minority of case

>it's not uncommon for people to unknowingly support policies that don't actually benefit them. The presumption of democracy is that this is a minority of cases. To suppose it is the case here is to assume that the less likely is happening here. And assume so on an apparently evidence free theory about the effects of a single pricing policy. >it seems plausible at least that people in the business of renting buildings (ie landlords) are the group with the most information about the market, and are therefore in the best position to see the distortion. And so are not voting against their interest when they oppose rent control. Being as rent is rentier income, it is zero-sum, and so is to the disadvantage of tenants.