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Hotels are allowed to do that because democratically elected representatives passed laws to allow it, subject to strict regulations.
by lokar 1y ago
Hotels are allowed to do that because democratically elected representatives passed laws to allow it, subject to strict regulations.
- dleeftink 1y agoIt's process over product, but somehow we've come to regard the 'product' as end goal over all else. Yet no product lasts forever.
- legitster 1y agoThis is backwards. Hotels have always existed, but zoning restrictions on who or what could be a hotel came afterwards through law.
- lokar 1y agoMost modern (20th century) regulations on topics like hotels were formalizations of existing socially accepted practices and often attempts to address obvious issues (eg many guests unable to escape a fire).