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Because you shouldnt get to tell me how I live and the size of an apartment I should live in. If I want to live in an 80 square foot box, as long as I'm keepin
by jnordwick 7y ago
Because you shouldnt get to tell me how I live and the size of an apartment I should live in.
If I want to live in an 80 square foot box, as long as I'm keeping it clean and safe, you really shouldn't have a say in it just because you have a place down the street.
One of the worst parts of democracy is the deletion of individual rights and the majority telling the minority how they should live.
- qarlow 7y agoI don't really see your point. Places were the government don't care about how people live aren't very nice. In fact they are often outright authoritarian, much more so than any "tyranny of democracy". Preventing people from falling too far in the first place by having standards is a much better idea than often unchecked enforcement after the fact.
- falcolas 7y agoIf nobody had ever been kicked out of their normal apartment after having their rent artificially raised to build those 80 sqft apartments, I might agree with you. If nobody had ever had their house forclosed for the “greater good” and had efficiency apartments put in their place, I might agree with you. Both of these scenarios have happened. I don’t agree with you. This isn’t democracy in action, this is fighting back against unrestrained capitalism which would make everyone’s living conditions equally miserable in an effort to extract the most money possible out of them. And as an aside, it’s not as if the apartment owners have no say in the process either; its worth wondering why they aren’t throwing their considerable power around as well.