Not trying to play devils advocate here, but what is the actual response to this? Obviously the wording of it is sickening and the way he reduces evictions to being "unhappy things" that ultimate "serve a socially useful purpose" is disgusting, but the last part, what is the counter to that?
"housing markets don't work well without them" implies that the current housing market, in which a handful of banks and firms like Blackrock own 15x the number of houses as there are homeless people, is working well. Also the landlord-tenant relationship is inherently parasitic and only "socially useful" for the parasite. Fuck this guy.
There isn’t any “socially useful purpose”, assuming that what he means is that evictions will increase supply, driving down home prices and making it more affordable for renters. The housing market doesn’t follow the conventional supply/demand rules as other commodities since 1) demand is highly inelastic and 2) the ownership class can and does artificially limit supply by lobbying to stop new developments, or simply holding properties vacant until someone willing to pay whatever price they’re charging comes along (doing this keeps property values high).
Having a society that intentionally creates situations where a person is unhoused against their will is not a good thing and should be fought against by any means up to and including removing housing from being allotted based on markets.
Not trying to play devils advocate here, but what is the actual response to this? Obviously the wording of it is sickening and the way he reduces evictions to being "unhappy things" that ultimate "serve a socially useful purpose" is disgusting, but the last part, what is the counter to that?
if homelessness is socially useful then that society must be destroyed
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:mao-wave:
What socially useful purpose?
"We need markets to provide housing this is an unfortunate side effect"
Sounds like this is not a good solution for housing human beings.
"Gommies no food"
There, I did it for you
"housing markets don't work well without them" implies that the current housing market, in which a handful of banks and firms like Blackrock own 15x the number of houses as there are homeless people, is working well. Also the landlord-tenant relationship is inherently parasitic and only "socially useful" for the parasite. Fuck this guy.
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You shove them in a locker until they admit that withholding necessities is abusive.
Correct. Housing markets do not work well.
There isn’t any “socially useful purpose”, assuming that what he means is that evictions will increase supply, driving down home prices and making it more affordable for renters. The housing market doesn’t follow the conventional supply/demand rules as other commodities since 1) demand is highly inelastic and 2) the ownership class can and does artificially limit supply by lobbying to stop new developments, or simply holding properties vacant until someone willing to pay whatever price they’re charging comes along (doing this keeps property values high).
Having a society that intentionally creates situations where a person is unhoused against their will is not a good thing and should be fought against by any means up to and including removing housing from being allotted based on markets.
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