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Re:DeepSeek gives Europe's tech firms a chance to catch up by xienze on Monday February 03, 2025 @07:29AM (#42917510)
The problem with “build more affordable housing” in countries that are desperately importing the entire world in an attempt to keep welfare programs afloat is that the amount of housing required to be built EVERY YEAR is staggering.

When a new citizen is born, there’s 18+ years for the required housing supply for that person to be created. When a new citizen is imported, they need housing TODAY. It’s just not a sustainable model on a continuous basis, but no one wants to hear that.

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Re:DeepSeek gives Europe's tech firms a chance to catch up by immibis on Monday February 03, 2025 @10:16AM (#42918988)
The same applies to food production, but is there a food shortage?
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Re:DeepSeek gives Europe's tech firms a chance to catch up by Cumpiler69 on Monday February 03, 2025 @11:11AM (#42919666)
Food isn't an apreciating asset who's value grows when you hoard it and is also easily transportable between free markets. I can't import cheaper land from abroad. I'm limited by what's around me. That scarcity gives it value. You can keep growing virtually infinite food in the same land. You can't do that with housing.
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