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Oh come on - the wealth realized here wasn't gained by building more for everyone, but by making sure others don't build their homes so the exiting owners gain
by izacus 3y ago
Oh come on - the wealth realized here wasn't gained by building more for everyone, but by making sure others don't build their homes so the exiting owners gain wealth without actually creating anything.
- paulryanrogers 3y agoAnd if voting NIMBY they're pulling the ladder up, denying their neighbors the same benefit. Strikes me as parasitic behavior. I was generally taught to buy only what one needs and can maintain, and work for wealth. Maybe naive, but the rent seeking and praise of extractive wealth is noxious the more I learn to recognize it.