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A comment on Martin Luther King on “Guaranteed Income” (1967). Parent comment

Re:Martin Luther King on “Guaranteed Income” (1967) by avn2109 on Sunday November 13, 2016 @04:57PM (#12945901)
>> "...government initiatives to increase the supply of housing..."

The government zones the way it does today on purpose, to create a built environment and social structure that insures you have to work all the time to afford housing and a car. This makes you docile and governable and taxable.

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Re:Martin Luther King on “Guaranteed Income” (1967) by TulliusCicero on Sunday November 13, 2016 @04:59PM (#12945908)
This is an overly cynical view of zoning. While zoning today in most cities is overzealous, there are good aspects to zoning too (compared to what came before).
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