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Originally Posted by lio45
Why is that "amazing"?
A SSP discussion about realistic solutions to the housing affordability crisis can be had, or we can have a discussion thread that starts with the suggestion we could kill all the rich and take their housing, but those two aren't going to be anywhere near the same thing.
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Haha, the second word in the post was the discrediting hyperbole of my post! That's
amazing!
I feel like a youtube video!!
Now, I've never argued that we should take the rich's
houses. Those aren't practical! Just their money. Not that there is much of it, so much wealth of people and corporations is tied up in the assumed value of things that actually extracting it is impossible. We could take everything from Jeff Bezos but it can never add up to the $150 billion it's worth on paper or whatever it might be today. That kind of wealth doesn't work like that.
And honestly I don't see how we can have any conversation on here without it becoming hyperbolic. They're all hyperbolic, whether I'm part of them or not. Look at the weather threat! It's insanely hyperbolic and they're using
stats! We've had discussions on housing here before and there are two problems with it. One: conservatives can't accept any form of government spending that isn't putting money into their own pockets and two: we're not parliament and discussing issues here goes about as far as discussing issues at a table in the back of a Tim Hortons in Kenora. Why put in the serious effort? Hyperbole is more fun!