What if the west isn't the villain they told you it was?
We’ve spent years accepting accusations about racism, intolerance, and slavery without challenging the bigger historical reality:
The societies most condemned today are also the ones that led the world in ending slavery, expanding rights, and building the most tolerant nations on earth.
That’s the conversation nobody wants to have.
@Matt_iculous@SubZeroQuasar@Shark3ozero They can take loans on the property, but if it’s not making money and they can’t pay the loan then the lender seizes it since it was a willing exchange. Better than stealing property under the claim you’re doing something virtuous
@Longardeaux713@Shark3ozero How about the threat to not regulate their business therefore not generate revenue?
Ie: building is not suitable for living, owner informed that on x date they can no longer be run the building as domestic rental property unless fixes applied
@Joseph782383456@noneboutit@Shark3ozero If they don’t comply, close them from the market and restrict renting ability so landlords lose their revenue stream. On top of paying taxes, a majority of owners will be forced to comply so they are not operating at a loss. But don’t steal and claim it’s some moral virtue.
@BBeneath98134@Matt_iculous@SubZeroQuasar@Shark3ozero How is that good? Creating policy that makes it impossible to maintain property so the government can steal it from you? You want the government to be able to do that?
@Longardeaux713@Shark3ozero I’m all for forcing compliance in basic living standards, my only concern is literal theft of property. I’m not going to pretend I have all the answers, and I dont want the average person taken advantage of. But govt seizing property cannot be the solution
@Matt_iculous@SubZeroQuasar@Shark3ozero Under this ideology the government can pigeonhole landlords into making less revenue, and then when they cannot afford to make improvements the government can seize the property.
@compgeke@MBV4lentin3@Shark3ozero Providing housing is absolutely a profitable venture. But yes, if they don’t want the qualms that come with it, they should get out of the industry my willingly selling their property, not forfeiting it to the government
@noneboutit@Joseph782383456@Shark3ozero Again, under the assumption that no property owner would make repairs to regulation. But if your concern is where existing tenants go, take a look at the state of a majority of rent controlled properties in NY. The solution is not government owned and regulated property
@Longardeaux713@Shark3ozero So you already have general distrust in the government and concern of corruption, but the solution is seizing private property to be controlled by the same government?
@DemonFly666@Shark3ozero Well I’m not a policy maker and have not thoroughly educated my self on the topic so I’m not here to make claims about the homelessness issue. What I am claiming is that there is no moral virtue in seizing private property for the sake of others.
@chaoslife22@Shark3ozero We’re supposedly having a climate crisis too. Tell me, if your car is not up to emission standards, should the government simply tell you you can’t drive it, or seize it for themselves?
@Joseph782383456@Shark3ozero If it’s uninhabitable based on reasonable standards you don’t want people living there anyway. Most property owners want their assets to generate revenue and would fix their housing if it meant losing renting ability.