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No. It's an allegory about housing costs and Georgism. The author has been advocating for Georgism for a while. (You might understandably not know that or the b
by gwern 4y ago
No. It's an allegory about housing costs and Georgism. The author has been advocating for Georgism for a while. (You might understandably not know that or the background, but also note the 'smart mixed use' shot, which would make no sense in a gun-control allegory, or describing advocates for land-value tax as a 'few cranks' - clearly not true of gun control advocacy, where that's practically the majority position - the shots at environmental review, willful denial of supply-and-demand, blaming it on people 'moving in', etc.)
- SideburnsOfDoom 4y agoOk. It seems to work reasonably well for other subjects too. And the whole "werewolves killing people" thing makes me think more of killings than of housing.
- AtlasBarfed 4y agoUnfortunately, the allegory has a very concrete end result to test: dead werewolves. Housing fixes everything is a lot more difficult to measure outcomes. Also, killing werewolves increases every existing owner's property values, but increasing housing does not, and should, per economics, tend toward devaluing their precious property values.