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A remote Canadian island makes history in fight for affordable housing
(www.nationalobserver.com)
this post was submitted on 24 Aug 2023
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There's no politically acceptable option right now. We need the system to fail before enough voters will be willing to pass laws to benefit the majority.
Any steps we take in the meantime just extend the time to reach a viable solution. The viable solution is to remove any ability for property owners to profit off land value appreciation. They should only be able to profit off added value improvements (building, renovations, etc.)
Tyranny of the majority is a known problem with democracy. This is a perfect example of it in action.
So I'm understanding you correctly then. Let's do nothing and hope things get better on their own.
Thankfully, we don't need to agree on this. Personally, I prefer taking active steps to resolving our problems instead of just sitting back and watching them get worse.
Nope, we should do nothing so that it gets worse faster, so that it can get better sooner.
The difference we have is that you think the system can be fixed now. I don't think it can be fixed until homeowners aren't the majority of voters.