Re:The Silicon Valley paradox: one in four people are at ris...
by lacker on Thursday December 14, 2017 @01:24PM
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I do believe everyone should have a right to live in the Bay Area.
No amount of taxing and redistribution will achieve that, because the supply of housing in the Bay Area is restricted to grow slower than population growth. The only way to make that happen is to build more housing.
Re:The Silicon Valley paradox: one in four people are at ris...
by someguydave on Thursday December 14, 2017 @10:40AM
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Your "option of taxing and fair redistribution" is actually a monstrous dictatorship. Every time it has been tried, many have perished and the median wealth has declined.
Re:The Silicon Valley paradox: one in four people are at ris...
by ballenarosada on Thursday December 14, 2017 @11:14AM
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I see you hit upon the same critique that Marx has of the German Social Democratic Platform. There's no such thing as fair distribution, there's only class war. Prepare to be rinsed.
Re:The Silicon Valley paradox: one in four people are at ris...
by frgtpsswrdlame on Thursday December 14, 2017 @10:48AM
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What on earth are you talking about? You believe the entire first world is a monstrous dictatorship?
Re:The Silicon Valley paradox: one in four people are at ris...
by beaconstudios on Thursday December 14, 2017 @11:53AM
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the first world doesn't generally engage in wealth redistribution of that kind. Taxation for public services, yes, but straight up taking the money of the rich and successful and giving it to Joe Bluecollar? Not really.
Re:The Silicon Valley paradox: one in four people are at ris...
by frgtpsswrdlame on Thursday December 14, 2017 @02:48PM
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What else would you call foodstamps, housing assistance and TANF?
Re:The Silicon Valley paradox: one in four people are at ris...
by beaconstudios on Thursday December 14, 2017 @08:38PM
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keeping people alive? It's certainly not wealth redistribution.
Re:The Silicon Valley paradox: one in four people are at ris...
by Helmet on Thursday December 14, 2017 @10:19AM
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There is no such thing as "fair redistribution" - it's theft through political means and it will just further obscure the market. You will end up exacerbating the problem.
The solution is to build more housing and stop subsidizing one-another, so that those that can afford to live there do and those that cannot move.
Re:The Silicon Valley paradox: one in four people are at ris...
by newshorts on Thursday December 14, 2017 @11:02AM
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Look up ordolibralism. It seems to be working pretty well.
Re:The Silicon Valley paradox: one in four people are at ris...
by ballenarosada on Thursday December 14, 2017 @11:12AM
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So, those that cannot afford to live in SF: hill caves.
Re:The Silicon Valley paradox: one in four people are at ris...
by mjfl on Thursday December 14, 2017 @11:38AM
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"Hill caves"
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lincoln,_Nebraska#/media/File:...
You're an idiot.
But haven't you read what the very empathetic and kind poster before suggested as an answer?: These fucking losers should move to whatever hill cave's still vacant, because they are to blame for not having gotten rich fast enough.
I really like your writing, very precise and to the point. However, you completely leave out the option of taxing and fair redistribution. Because, yes, I do believe everyone should have a right to live in the Bay Area. Maybe not in the richest neighbourhoods and beach houses, but there's got to be a fairer alternative to dividing up the space than pricing out everybody but the richest. Sure, there's the idea of UBI, but that still seems pretty far out and for most people is not a realistic option.