Why Britain Doesn’t Build

Re:Why Britain Doesn’t Build by thriftwy on Monday June 26, 2023 @05:33PM (#36486184)

The interesting thing is that Russia and China are capitalistic now, and they both manage to output a huge amount of high rise housing for sale.

Makes one wonder whether capitalism is actually compatible with democracy.

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Re:Why Britain Doesn’t Build by Detrytus on Monday June 26, 2023 @05:50PM (#36486354)

If you believe Karl Marx then the answer is no: capitalism is incompatible with democracy, because of the basic human nature. If you allow people to vote, they will vote to take money from the rich and give it to them for free. Or for government to create money out of thin air, and give them away.

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Re:Why Britain Doesn’t Build by badpun on Tuesday June 27, 2023 @05:09AM (#36490591)

Karl was proven wrong recently by the Swiss though, who voted against UBI in a referendum.

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