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I am in Germany. Apparently very democratic place. However nothing happens what people voted for. There is always few groups advertising affordable living in Mu

by lnsru 7mo ago

I am in Germany. Apparently very democratic place. However nothing happens what people voted for. There is always few groups advertising affordable living in Munich. Never happened. Every year the rent climbs to new never seen high. The system very obviously does not work as advertised. The conspiracist in me however thinks, that the system works as intended.

1718627440 7mo ago
> There is always few groups advertising affordable living in Munich. Never happened. Every year the rent climbs to new never seen high. The system very obviously does not work as advertised. Or the problem is harder then to be solved with just wanting to solve it?
marcosdumay 7mo ago
The purpose of a system is what it does. "As intended" is something that doesn't exist at all.
energy123 7mo ago
That's not what you voted for. Homeowners, on the other hand, did vote for it. In most countries they're the majority, and they're better at mobilizing politically. Autocracies are probably less likely to have the same issue because the leaders are petrified of a revolt from the lower classes. In a democracy, the majority (homeowners) will vote away your money.
- gzread 7mo ago
  i.o.w. the system works as intended
modo_mario 7mo ago
> There is always few groups advertising affordable living in Munich. Never happened. Every year the rent climbs to new never seen high. Well your population grows trough migration, your land does not and your construction doesn't match either in a long term inflationary environment with every incentive pointing in the continuation of that path. See also Canada, Ireland, UK, Netherlands, Australia, etc, etc
- gzread 7mo ago
  Germany is a place of dense housing, so it's about construction more than land
hunterpayne 7mo ago
The politicians enacted the policies requested. The problem is that the policies don't work and even have the opposite of the intended effect at times. Democracy divides power to (try to) prevent autocracy. It doesn't make most people smart so doing dumb things is still on the table and still has bad consequences.

by lnsru 7mo ago

1718627440 7mo ago

> There is always few groups advertising affordable living in Munich. Never happened. Every year the rent climbs to new never seen high. The system very obviously does not work as advertised. Or the problem is harder then to be solved with just wanting to solve it?

marcosdumay 7mo ago

The purpose of a system is what it does. "As intended" is something that doesn't exist at all.

energy123 7mo ago

That's not what you voted for. Homeowners, on the other hand, did vote for it. In most countries they're the majority, and they're better at mobilizing politically. Autocracies are probably less likely to have the same issue because the leaders are petrified of a revolt from the lower classes. In a democracy, the majority (homeowners) will vote away your money.

gzread 7mo ago
i.o.w. the system works as intended

modo_mario 7mo ago

> There is always few groups advertising affordable living in Munich. Never happened. Every year the rent climbs to new never seen high. Well your population grows trough migration, your land does not and your construction doesn't match either in a long term inflationary environment with every incentive pointing in the continuation of that path. See also Canada, Ireland, UK, Netherlands, Australia, etc, etc

gzread 7mo ago
Germany is a place of dense housing, so it's about construction more than land

hunterpayne 7mo ago

The politicians enacted the policies requested. The problem is that the policies don't work and even have the opposite of the intended effect at times. Democracy divides power to (try to) prevent autocracy. It doesn't make most people smart so doing dumb things is still on the table and still has bad consequences.