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> Why not regulate the amount or at least the velocity of how many homes a person can own? Why not just eliminate private property all together? Everyone sho
by VWWHFSfQ 6y ago
> Why not regulate the amount or at least the velocity of how many homes a person can own?
Why not just eliminate private property all together? Everyone should just rent stuff from the government.
- mschuster91 6y agoThat's what Vienna (Austria) is doing. 62% of people live in government housing - and on average only spend 27% of their income on rent: https://www.huffpost.com/entry/vienna-affordable-housing-paradise_n_5b4e0b12e4b0b15aba88c7b0 https://www.huffpost.com/entry/vienna-affordable-housing-par...
- whalesalad 6y agoThat’s technically what everyone is doing. You don’t really own your property. You pay property taxes to keep it.
- r00fus 6y agoI love it when taking a position to its logical conclusion sometimes results in the best possible scenario.
- Nasrudith 6y agoHello stagnation! Seriously that is the implicit arrogance that they will have all of the property ever needed or wanted and nobody else could do better. Not to mention the lack of improvements or investments. To be frank we have that approach in areas without strong property rights and the result is a shithole because nobody makes nice things if they just wind up taken.
- mensetmanusman 6y agoGame theoretic ‘Tragedy of the Commons’, if its not yours, you treat it like dirt and therefore investment efficiency lowers.
- thehappypm 6y agoThis is basically how Singapore operates, and their government is an extremely well-oiled machine. I doubt most countries could pull it off, though.