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There are a lot of different well-meaning policies that can fuck up a housing market by restricting supply. Rent control is just one of them. This is like if y
by sparky_z 2y ago
There are a lot of different well-meaning policies that can fuck up a housing market by restricting supply. Rent control is just one of them.
This is like if you say that privatizing prisons is a bad thing and then somebody else comes along and says "But look at North Korea. They have state-run prisons and the prisoner conditions aren't any better. Clearly, therefore, privatization of prisons doesn't result in any bad outcomes for prisoners." Just a total non-sequitor.
- exe34 2y agoHe gave you 5 liberal countries and you literally had to reach for North Korea for your false equivalence?
- sparky_z 2y agoThe particular country wasn't the point. I was just illustrating the concept that just because Y exists in a place without X isn't proof that X won't cause Y. But that's kind of abstract, so I came up with an example that I thought would resonate intuitively with the person I was responding to. A framing where, if someone had tried the argument on them, they would immediately see the gaping hole without having to walk them through it. Obviously, I don't know goosedragons personally, so it was just a guess at what sort of example might make a good illustration for them.