Why Britain Doesn’t Build

Re:Why Britain Doesn’t Build by jezzamon on Monday June 26, 2023 @06:37PM (#36486803)

You could imagine a system where similar to how we split votes into geographical regions via things like electoral colleges or having a locally elected representatives, there could be a similar splitting of votes into age ranges to ensure each group is sufficiently represented

(Not advocating for this, just an interesting thing to think about)

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Re:Why Britain Doesn’t Build by dahwolf on Monday June 26, 2023 @06:50PM (#36486911)

Indeed, democracy is two wolves and a sheep deciding what's for lunch. It's just an unusual and new idea to see young people as a minority as this never was the case to this extend.

As it comes to housing though, I remain convinced that the issue is not as political as many make it out to be. See my other comment:

https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=36486626

Meaning, even if the young seize more political power, there isn't going to be a law they can pass that says "cut rent in half".

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Re:Why Britain Doesn’t Build by ClumsyPilot on Monday June 26, 2023 @09:02PM (#36487814)

There is also no law they can pass to reverse climatw change. Once some things are fucked, they are really hard to fix

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