Which we all know would happen IMMEDIATELY in lockstep with any widespread rollout of UBI, and any complaint would be met with half the country screeching "FREE MARKET REEEEEE"

[–] undercrust@lemmy.ca 18 points 2 years ago (12 children)

Guess we better institute rent controls first then

[+] Brawndo@kbin.social -8 points 2 years ago (3 children)

Rent Control can only have one outcome. Decreased amount of available new or renovated rentals which coupled with an ever increasing demand for housing, creates some of the housing shortages we see in larger cities today.

UBI can be an effective way to fight poverty, and would be an even more effective way to combat poverty if we implemented a Negative Income tax whereby all welfare programs are rolled into the funding.

[–] Omega_Haxors@lemmy.ml 10 points 2 years ago

More 👏 Empty 👏 Houses 👏 Than 👏 Homeless 👏 People 👏

[–] darq@kbin.social 1 points 2 years ago

Rent Control can only have one outcome. Decreased amount of available new or renovated rentals which coupled with an ever increasing demand for housing, creates some of the housing shortages we see in larger cities today.

Only if you assume that private landlords are the only way to supply housing.

There is no reason to assume that.

[–] OurToothbrush@lemmy.ml -1 points 2 years ago (1 children)

The maoist uprising against the landlords was the largest revolution in history and led to an almost entirely equitable distribution of land ownership

[–] Brawndo@kbin.social -1 points 2 years ago (1 children)

And how did that work out for the estimated 15-55 million people that died of starvation as a result of the "equitable distribution of land ownership"?

Source

[–] OurToothbrush@lemmy.ml -2 points 2 years ago (2 children)

Wikipedia lol

[–] Brawndo@kbin.social 1 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Would you like more sources?

[–] OurToothbrush@lemmy.ml -3 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)

Oh wow, all bourgeois press or capitalist state affiliated media. I'm sure they have no bias that influences their portrayal of communist china.

[–] esbeto@lemmy.world 0 points 2 years ago (1 children)

What a childish response. So the famine didn't occur because it's documented on Wikipedia?

The reasons for the famine are well understood and documented. I don't think defending Mao is the way to go in regards to our modern housing crisis.

The housing market issue is also well understood and documented. We know companies and investors have been buying more and more houses, driving up prices. We know wages have not kept pace with rising housing costs. We know the gap between rich and poor has been widening year after year. Why the fuck are we derailing the conversation?

[–] OurToothbrush@lemmy.ml -4 points 2 years ago

First off, I'm not denying the famine happened, aim just denying Wikipedia's framing. The death counts are exaggerated and many were connected to devastation caused by the Civil War.

Second off, I am not advocating we do mid 20th century agriculture practices and kill the sparrows after doing land reform.

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