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Some people in Singapore may love their flats. Some of them might wish they could buy a house. People should be able to choose. People who love flats can live i
by brobdingnagians 6y ago
Some people in Singapore may love their flats. Some of them might wish they could buy a house. People should be able to choose. People who love flats can live in flats, people who live detached homes can save up and buy or build one.
It is odd that we have simply accepted that the government has the right to tell everyone if they can live in a flat or a house.
I could think that arranged marriages are much better than choosing your relationship; but that doesn't mean I think that it should be a government policy and government should ban your own choice of relationship. You can have an arranged marriage if you want, even in the West. It works for some people, doesn't work for others.
Some people love flats and renting. Some like owning a flat, some like renting a house, some like owning a house, some like living in the woods off grid, and some like backpacking around the world without a house. Choice is great.
- bovine3dom 6y agoThere are detached homes in Singapore - their price and taxes just reflect the fact that about a hundred people would normally be living on the same ground, and those people have to be compensated. I think a fairer comparison in terms of relationships is like polygamy: forbidding people to live above or below you is a bit like taking away extra potential spouses. I believe polygamy is illegal in most societies due to the inequalities it causes.
- watwut 6y agoInequalities never stopped societies in general. People making laws/regulations often like inequalities.