• robinn_ [he/him]
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    17 days ago

    Wrt rent control (Prop 33) there were constant TV ads spreading lies about it restricting the construction of new housing and removing some nebulous protections for the elderly and veterans.

    • somename [she/her]
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      17 days ago

      Ballot elections like these are one of the clearest examples of bourgeois democracy at work.

    • Awoo [she/her]
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      17 days ago

      Rent control is also the oldest thing I've ever seen propagandised on reddit.

      Even before Reddit took off with the Digg exodus, any thread about rent on reddit would have a "rent control doesn't work" highly upvoted chain of comments and people blowing smoke about how it's proven over and over and economic bullshittery.

      It is the oldest and most embedded piece of propaganda on that hellsite.

      2011 example with absolutely zero opposition: https://www.reddit.com/r/explainlikeimfive/comments/legp9/why_is_rent_control_a_bad_thing/