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Airbnb is Hacker News' McDonald - an easy target to attack and complain about, kind of symbol of lost 'right for one's house' which never really was but definit

• bogomipz 5y ago
  >"I prefer having discussion about the underlying issues causing these emotions though, they keep being mentioned here all the time but I guess its easier to just bash the messenger rather than fight government and selfishness/greed in general population." And this "blame the government" for the the housing shortage is the same old tired trope that's invariably wheeled out when defending Airbnb. The "discussion" never seems have any more depth once that blame is assigned though. The fact is people have fought at the local government level, from Miami, to Berlin to NYC to London. It turns out that legislation itself isn't enough as it is regularly flouted or just plain ignored. Actually enforcing the legislation is difficult. And regular citizens and local governments are simply no match against the mega-Corp. Or is there another pithy and overly reductionist talking point to that complex problem as well?