>Voters, eager for change, will choose populism because they aren't being offered any alternative. But nobody wants to address the root causes here: housing una

>Voters, eager for change, will choose populism because they aren't being offered any alternative. But nobody wants to address the root causes here: housing unaffordability and massive wealthy inequality. Well then, frankly, given your apparent learning, try encouraging progressives to actually address the root causes, rather than constantly spouting progressive-sounding apologia for them. Not to tell you in another country how your politics works, but I know that in the United States and in some other countries I'm acquainted with, the progressive base in major cities are, if anything, even more attached to their housing nest-eggs than the homeowner/smallholder classes in smaller cities and more conservative states. This preference is visible in the differences of housing policy and rents between, say, California and Texas.