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You make some interesting points, but I can't agree with any of them. You basiclly lost me at "The funny thing about a free market economy is that it largely re
by tomelders 12y ago
You make some interesting points, but I can't agree with any of them. You basiclly lost me at "The funny thing about a free market economy is that it largely regulates itself"
That maybe true, but we're not dealing with free market economics. In hundreds of ways, some small, some big, the status quo is maintained by weak-kneed politicians giving into belligerent property developers and land owners who love spending tax-payers money but hate sticking to the deals they signed up to (hence all the ways they avoid building social and affordable housing).
- balabaster 12y agoand is propagated by people spending the money that allows those property developers to see profits by exploiting said politicians. If it weren't profitable to behave that way, they wouldn't. It's only profitable because even though people bitch and complain about it, they still part with their money, which allows the behaviour to continue. I understand that many thousands/millions of people feel they have no choice, but every time they pay their rent, they're allowing the situation to continue.
- tomelders 12y agoA lot more needs to happen to this country before leaving London is a viable option for a lot of people.