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Re:Ask HN: Anyone else feels the commoditization of real est... by nemo44x on Saturday August 13, 2022 @10:22AM (#32450160)
Right but it isn’t due to charity. It’s in the governments best interests to do this. It is acting rational.

A socialist government would either ensure everyone qualifies or it wound instead build large dehumanizing concrete towers to stuff thousands of people in, block after block.

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Re:Ask HN: Anyone else feels the commoditization of real est... by Blackstone4 on Saturday August 13, 2022 @04:57PM (#32453714)
The subtext, from the statement above, is socialist government decision making is irrational while capitalist governments are rational.

Having traveled across many countries in Europe, I have seen governments with socialist traits make rational, sensible decisions. Again, while I agree that a capitalist government is probably more effective than most communist governments, the world is not black and white.

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