TheEnigmaBlade@lemmy.ca to Canada@lemmy.ca · 3 years agoWhy doesn't the government nationalize like power plants and use that to pay for like affordable housing?message-squaremessage-square16linkfedilinkarrow-up128arrow-down110
arrow-up118arrow-down1message-squareWhy doesn't the government nationalize like power plants and use that to pay for like affordable housing?TheEnigmaBlade@lemmy.ca to Canada@lemmy.ca · 3 years agomessage-square16linkfedilink
minus-squareMrBakedBeansOnToast@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up4arrow-down1·2 years agoI mean it’s not like a homeless person would buy it, if they were to decide to sell.
minus-squareIlovethebomb@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up3arrow-down1·2 years agoSo, and this is a wild concept, why don’t we build more?
minus-squaregearslinkfedilinkarrow-up4·2 years agoAnd who builds them? Rich people. Who continue to act the way they do. It’s not as simple as just building more, the system needs to change completely.
minus-squareIlovethebomb@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up1arrow-down1·2 years agoSo, because someone will likely make money off the process, we shouldn’t build them?
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minus-squareIlovethebomb@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·2 years agoBecause then we can have Airbnbs for tourists, and housing for workers as well?
minus-squarebob_wiley@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up2arrow-down1·edit-22 years agodeleted by creator
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I mean it’s not like a homeless person would buy it, if they were to decide to sell.
So, and this is a wild concept, why don’t we build more?
And who builds them? Rich people. Who continue to act the way they do. It’s not as simple as just building more, the system needs to change completely.
So, because someone will likely make money off the process, we shouldn’t build them?
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Because then we can have Airbnbs for tourists, and housing for workers as well?
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