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Re:U.S. rent has increased 175% faster than household income... by nitrogen on Friday March 26, 2021 @04:52PM (#26596798)
"I agree removing local control is a good idea."

- Great Britain, to the colonies

You'd better have a really, really darn good reason for throwing out democracy. Otherwise this is basically calling for taking away what someone else has just because we want it.

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Re:U.S. rent has increased 175% faster than household income... by notJim on Friday March 26, 2021 @05:00PM (#26596883)
The state and national governments are also elected in my country, so fortunately democracy prevails! As I said in my comment, in my view there are issues that require coordination at a higher level, because otherwise it's just a game of shoving externalities onto others.
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