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  • I think zoning laws, parking requirement and crazy urbanism rules are a form of protectionism that drive home prices up.

    It’s crazy that the land you buy is so restricted that the only thing you can do is… nothing asides from trying to win the lawn contest with your neighbors.

    In my opinion, those are the factors that led to this catastrophe. Houses are literally frozen. You cannot start a business, you cannot build another house on your land, nothing.

    The government can build more affordable housing, sure, but ultimately, we need to let the city build itself without overly restrictive zoning and urbanism by-laws.









  • Smk@lemmy.catoCanada@lemmy.caPierre's dreams
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    3 months ago

    Sorry but that is idiotic.

    Late stage capitalism is much more hidden and affects part of the society you wouldn’t consider.

    An example of late stage capitalism is how we don’t have time to make families anymore. It is much cheaper to bring in immigration than to allow men and women to fuck around and raise children instead of working.

    Late stage capitalism will fuck with how you, as an individual, can start your own business. Look at how subburbs are made and regulated. You can’t start a small business in here. You gotta go to the designated area which is owned by big box company. The only place is downtown which is now so fucking expensive, you can’t even get in. He’ll, you are not even allowed to build a small coffee shop for your neighbors for Christ’s sake.

    International economy is another factor. Look, we had a lot of industry workers in textile, electronics and other industries. Where are they now ? In China, India and other countries because we don’t have to care about these people work place condition. Do you even know how much a t-shirt should cost normally? It’s not supposed to be 4.99$.

    This conservative vs liberal is a distraction. Liberals and Conservatives are actively pushing late stage capitalism. It’s a joke. You think Pierre is gonna stop immigration? lol, that’s what late stage capitalism wants. Immigrants that are easy to fuck with because they need a job to stay in this country. It’s horrible.

    Pierre or Justin aren’t gonna do any of this social shit. They both want to get those juicy economics number up because that’s a good argument to get re-elected.






  • If you only work at a temporary place for example. You don’t want to bother caring for a house. You want to be able to move whenever you like. You can’t afford a loan or you can’t get one. You cannot guaranty that you will work in the near future.

    A mortgage is something that will lock you down to a place. Buying a plac is also something that lock you down. You wanna move to another town for a new job ? Sell the house, buy a new one. That sucks. It’s faster to just rent for a while then maybe buy something after.


  • The problem are not landlord… At least, not traditional one. It’s because we treat a basic need as an investment. A home should not be an investment. It should be something like a car, it should depreciate with time.

    Another thing is NIMBY. Preventing new construction project to protect your investment is another cause of this shitshow.

    Another thing is urbanism rule. Homeowner should be allowed to build something on their land instead of playing the lawn competition every year.

    Solve these and the landlord thing is gone. The landlord outrage is a distraction from the real plague. It’s just a symptom. Of course a landlord will raise the price if it can, that’s how a market works. Landlord can raise the price because we don’t construct enough. That is the real outrage and that’s what we should focus on. Not this shitty ragebait dividing piece of false problem.

    Renting is useful for so many reason. Not everyone wants to take care of a house or can afford one.