• FooBarrington@lemmy.world
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    14 hours ago

    Are you incapable of understanding that there is more to this discussion than just the supply of housing? Why do you keep ignoring my point?

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        10 hours ago

        I’m not! I keep explicitly telling you that your point is wrong: banning property hoarders changes more than just increasing the housing supply by the amount they’ve hoarded, it also reduces the price of housing - and your response to that is to repeat your point.

        When presented with a counterargument you should respond to it, instead of just repeating your point over and over.

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          9 hours ago

          The effect on the price by banning property hoarders (which, as I’ve said multiple times in this thread, cannot exist in the long run anyway so the problem will eventually solve itself) is so much smaller than the effect of zoning reform increasing the supply as to be damn near negligible in comparison.

          Y’all keep talking about marginal gains; I’m talking about transformative ones.

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            5 hours ago

            so the problem will eventually solve itself

            ooh boy… many of the issues of capitalism in the US stems from this outlook

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            5 hours ago

            (which, as I’ve said multiple times in this thread, cannot exist in the long run anyway so the problem will eventually solve itself)

            Sure, you’ve said it multiple times, but it’s still wrong. Unless you’re trying to argue that the law of supply and demand doesn’t hold for house prices (spoilers, it does!) it’s simply wrong.