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[deleted] t1_j9jg8kt wrote

Reply to comment by sagmag in The harms of gentrification | The exclusion of poorer people from their own neighbourhoods is not just a social problem but a philosophical one by ADefiniteDescription

> there's also nothing you can do about them.

Probably some peasant working a king's field said the same, centuries ago. As did an American slave in a cotton field 200 years ago.

They were both proven wrong. Will you one day be proven wrong, too? I hope so!

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Mparker15 t1_j9jn6id wrote

They are already proven wrong by the successful existence of rent control, public housing, and decommodification of shelter that many other cities have implemented with great success. The top 3 global industries are financial services, construction, and real estate, which all directly feed off the buying and selling of buildings and land. These markets and their monetary interests shape our experience with housing in every conceivable way, but some people can't see past that influence.

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