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It’s a fucking crime how older generations are pulling up the ladder behind them. It works since these egotistical morons are democratically in a majority. Go

It’s a fucking crime how older generations are pulling up the ladder behind them. It works since these egotistical morons are democratically in a majority. Gonna be interesting to see how this shit develops when it hits the fan. If a democratic minority is demanding power based on land, how are we not gonna be in a feudal society?

onlyrealcuzzo 7y ago
I was at a party where the topic of discussion was that: You should only be able to vote if you own land. It was a pool party, of all things, and I contemplated slowly submerging into the water and just staying there until I drowned.
- NTDF9 7y ago
  This is the exact rules for voting when women and slaves were disenfranchised. At its core, America has not changed one bit since.
  - skya 7y ago
    The most important point in this context is that non land-owning or poor white men were also disenfranchised.
    - NTDF9 7y ago
      Yep. I was not talking about racism. I'm talking fundamentally about systemic disenfranchisement that hasn't changed even today.
john_moscow 7y ago
The problem is that the alternative isn't sustainable. Sure, we can solve the problem for one generation by building enough small apartments to accommodate the current demand. Except once the demand picks up due to the population growth and immigration, the problem will return. So what do we do next? Communal apartments with one room per family? Some sort of dormitories with "hotbedding" for everyone? Given the massive inequality in the population density and cost of living, looking into remote work or starting your own business in a lower CoL area could be a much better alternative to demanding someone else to drastically lower their living standard.
mbar84 7y ago
As an anarchist, I do wonder when peoples worship for democracy will come to an end. It's things like this that I hope will finally do it. Who cares if a majority wants something, the question is, what is right and just.

onlyrealcuzzo 7y ago

I was at a party where the topic of discussion was that: You should only be able to vote if you own land. It was a pool party, of all things, and I contemplated slowly submerging into the water and just staying there until I drowned.

NTDF9 7y ago
This is the exact rules for voting when women and slaves were disenfranchised. At its core, America has not changed one bit since.
- skya 7y ago
  The most important point in this context is that non land-owning or poor white men were also disenfranchised.
  - NTDF9 7y ago
    Yep. I was not talking about racism. I'm talking fundamentally about systemic disenfranchisement that hasn't changed even today.

john_moscow 7y ago

The problem is that the alternative isn't sustainable. Sure, we can solve the problem for one generation by building enough small apartments to accommodate the current demand. Except once the demand picks up due to the population growth and immigration, the problem will return. So what do we do next? Communal apartments with one room per family? Some sort of dormitories with "hotbedding" for everyone? Given the massive inequality in the population density and cost of living, looking into remote work or starting your own business in a lower CoL area could be a much better alternative to demanding someone else to drastically lower their living standard.

mbar84 7y ago

As an anarchist, I do wonder when peoples worship for democracy will come to an end. It's things like this that I hope will finally do it. Who cares if a majority wants something, the question is, what is right and just.