trailing9 @ trailing9 @lemmy.ml

Posts

0

Comments

430

Joined

2 yr. ago

That's why politicians won't implement UBI. But you can do, as a private person. Other countries pay much more taxes.

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Income_tax#/media/File%3APayroll_and_income_tax_by_country.png

Who would pledge 10% of their income to distribute as basic income? There is no need to wait until politicians implement it. We can start immediately.

If you want to rent, who owns those buildings? One person who lives there?

Have you seen how housing prices rose when interest rates were low? Markets work that way because consumers outcompete each other, at least in the housing market. You need a surplus of supply, like the corn market, to keep costs low.

Like @espi wrote, you need fierce competition in all markets.

Don't leave us hanging. Have you died or not?

Does anybody use ACL without regretting it?

Was it just cringy or have you destroyed lifes?

You missed mine.

Can we have group blocks?

Let users collaborate on the list of accounts and domains they want to block. E. g. have a special type of channel and every link that is posted and upvoted is blocked.

Companies don't care because it's equal for everybody. If fake views would be removed, fees per thousand clicks would just increase.

But companies wouldn't waste money. If you offer more real viewers for the same price, companies would switch.

I don't have much imagination. What can I do?

Then why bother at all?

What does that mean? Should we perceive landlords as members of the ruling class and make owning property as difficult as possible because rising rent will lead to the revolution which will ultimately reduce rent?

Or should we perceive landlords as cogs in the capitalistic machine and increase their supplies to increase their output to reduce rent?

Revolutions needed 2% of the population to fight. Voters are 50% and you need a majority, so in total 25% of the population.

That made revolutions easier historically because you just needed guns and food for those 2%.

Now look at Ukraine, are guns and food enough?

You have to convince the population anyway or there will be a counter revolution. So I think if something is worth changing, it should be changed by voters.

That said, let me ask again, why do you prefer revolutions?

I don't believe in revolutions, that's a difference.

Let me ask again:

How can you dream of revolutions without believing in voters?

I leave the possibility of revolution to the other thread.

You cannot force cheaper rent. The landlords don't have 500% profit margins. All you do is fix the housing situation with nobody left to organize renovations or new constructions because landlords will seek other opportunities.

The resources for housing are too expensive. You have to change that.

Give me a hint. Are there reforms without staging a revolution? How can you dream of revolutions without believing in voters?

You are appealing to authority. They are right in the sense that the owning class will try to maintain their position. Now, what do you want to do? Stage a revolution without weapons from the means of production?

Hegel for sure is proud to know that those two reached the end of philosophy.

I don't question that communism and Socialism can create better housing. My point is that as long as you are in capitalism, you have to play by capitalist rules. This means you should increase competition. It's not the fault of landlords that there is not enough opportunity to build affordable housing.

Blaming landlords is counter-productive because renters don't feel the need to build the power to influence the next election.

Yes. As long as you don't believe in Santa Claus, who is there to make a change?

We’re always talking about crossfit and veganism.