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> Governments are unwilling to fundamentally reorganize the basics of property ownership and building to help their citizens lead better (or even reasonable) li
by krainboltgreene 4y ago
> Governments are unwilling to fundamentally reorganize the basics of property ownership and building to help their citizens lead better (or even reasonable) lives, but they will go the extra mile or three to make sure that a mass of young and angry protestors do not get what they want.
That's just categorically false. There are quite a few countries that do this very thing, like Austria.
- PaulDavisThe1st 4y agoFrom other replies in this thread, maybe in Vienna, but not in Graz. See https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=35668898 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=35668898
- krainboltgreene 4y agoLast I checked Vienna is run by a government.
- PaulDavisThe1st 4y agoAnd has it performed a radical reorganization of property ownership that has resulted in a better quality of life for its citizens? Well, I know almost nothing about Vienna, but a quick check would suggest that it has an enlightened if not entirely successful take on this. But if that's true, then Vienna is just one of the handful of the exceptions that prove the rule.
- krainboltgreene 4y agoVienna doing what you said doesn't happen proves that it doesn't happen? Have you lost your marbles?
- PaulDavisThe1st 4y agoThere's 100 people in a room. I say "people don't dance to ambient". We put on some ambient. 1 person dances. I still feel fairly comfortable saying "people don't dance to ambient". The fact that there's a city in Austria that behaves differently to most governments in most parts of the world does not invalidate the point I was making.