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> Yes, but we are in a world of abundance. We have an abundance of inessentials. Housing is still scarce and food is volatile. Health care and education are ex
by anon7725 4y ago
> Yes, but we are in a world of abundance.
We have an abundance of inessentials. Housing is still scarce and food is volatile. Health care and education are expensive. Many people are sleeping on the streets or falling into lifestyles of despair.
Progress has been applied unevenly and most critically not to the factors of life that form the base of Maslow’s hierarchy.
- WillAdams 4y agoHousing isn't scarce, it's not evenly allocated. Lots of properties being kept vacant so as to drive up rents/prop up property values, and it's difficult to get low-income housing built because of NIMBY.
- anon7725 4y ago“Cornering the market” results in real scarcity and the housing market has been permanently cornered.