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If you wish to complain about migrants you can say so explicitly, as the dog whistle is entirely transparent anyway.
by ido 3y ago
If you wish to complain about migrants you can say so explicitly, as the dog whistle is entirely transparent anyway.
- HPsquared 3y agoCan't deny it is a factor. Not a single mention in the article though, of course. It's all discussion of the resulting effects, and the supply side. Demand side has multiple parts: - National population growth (migration, as fertility rate below replacement) - Money supply inflation (government spending, mortgage borrowing, years of artificially low interest rates) allowing people to bid up prices - Urbanization (office jobs and universities); people within the country move to the big cities - Social atomization (more housing needed per person) (EDIT: Ageing population too: children tend not to have their own place)
- Nitrolo 3y agoDepending in the demographics, a fertility rate below replacement level can still lead to a rising population even when excluding migrants, as the people who would be "replaced" by the new births might live for many more decades. I.e., we'd probably still have a housing crisis in Europe even if not a single foreigner came in.
- hash07e 3y agoNot complaining but it is unfair to increase your population not organically, forbidding new constructions and expecting this "just works". What happens is both sides are squeezed in inflation and have lower quality of life and the govt. reaps higher taxes. Then same govt says you are evil for pointing out this?