Graffiti seen in Barcelona, Catalonia
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under capitalism, almost nothing happens without a profit. If you're so sure the problem isn't capitalism, please explain to me how exactly you're imagining things should work.
I don't know how you got 'this person is pro-capitalism' from me saying 'profit is the problem'.
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I don't know how you got 'this person is pro-capitalism' from me saying 'profit is the problem'.
I said:
The problem is the market, IMO, if not capitalism entirely
but it seemed to me that you were disagreeing with my post when you said "the problem is making a profit off it." I could have misunderstood, and you were agreeing?
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I said:
The problem is the market, IMO, if not capitalism entirely
but it seemed to me that you were disagreeing with my post when you said "the problem is making a profit off it." I could have misunderstood, and you were agreeing?
You think capitalism is the problem, yes? If so, we are in agreement.
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I have a pretty good landlord. This isn't an ACAB situation. The problem is the market, IMO, if not capitalism entirely; even if you got rid of landlords (made it illegal to have tenants), housing prices would still be too high to buy a house. Supply-side or demand-side economics are the only viable solution under capitalism.
We could still have great property managers without landlords. Then you wouldn't even need to be thankful that your lord happens to be one of the benevolent ones.
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..no, that's just what I said is not the case. You must have misread?
Looking at the instances you two are from I feel like I'm taking crazy pills 🫨
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People who can no longer afford their mortgages would disagree with you.
Why would mortgage prices go up without landlords?
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Ban landlord culture and property prices drop.
Kinda sucks for those already with a mortgage. Defending rental culture because someone might lose out now only guarantees that an ever increasing majority lose out in the future.
Yeah it would suck to have my house drop in value while I still owe the bank so much money, but anyone who isn't willing to suck it up for the obvious greater good is an asshole.
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Looking at the instances you two are from I feel like I'm taking crazy pills 🫨
Sorry, I forgot to tell you that today is opposite day.
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Get rid of air bnb and similar. It's caused a ton of problems in Japan as well with people buying whole buildings and pricing out existing tenants. There are legal protections, but most tenants, particularly elderly, don't know about them and either pay new increased prices by the new landlord or move out. The government enacted laws requiring a minpaku (think lodging/hotel) license and putting maxes on time, but tons of people still run illegal ones.
A lot of those people seem to be Chinese investors running them off of other sites which has furthered anger and xenophobia against all foreigners. One of the parties that skyrocketed in the most recent election wants to strip property rights from all foreigners and not just investment properties but ALL properties. It's a reaction to getting priced out and the government not doing shit about it. Granted, there are tons of other problems (prices rising weekly or monthly, wages not keeping up at all with inflation and rising prices, and overtourism more generally), but this is low-hanging fruit.
As someone who just bought a house last year (on the market for over a year in the countryside with farmland for which I had to interview and get permits to buy and use), and volunteers in his community, this is terrifying to me. I had to go through tons of extra hoops just for being a foreigner to begin with and now, thanks to fuckhead illegal hotel owners and bad policy, now lots of people want to take the one little bit of stability I finally felt.
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..no, that's just what I said is not the case. You must have misread?
You sound like a slave complimenting his owner for being such a kind-hearted masser who treats him good
