star_wraith [he/him] to askchapo • edit-23 years agoHow come white folks go into a white hot rage and fight tooth and nail against any efforts to build affordable housing within 5 miles of their house?message-squaremessage-square58 fedilinkarrow-up1161file-text
arrow-up1161message-squareHow come white folks go into a white hot rage and fight tooth and nail against any efforts to build affordable housing within 5 miles of their house?star_wraith [he/him] to askchapo • edit-23 years agomessage-square58 Commentsfedilinkfile-text
Is it just pure racism? Is it just overall hatred of poor people? Some combo of the two? Something else entirely?
minus-squareSunn_Owns [none/use name]hexbear13·3 years agoThis. Housing is also the only way an entire generation created enough wealth to live normal lives. Making middle/upper class Americans obsess over housing prices and the same stock market was a brilliant stroke by the owner class. link
minus-squareglk [none/use name]hexbear9·3 years agoIt ascends to genius when you realise that the GI bill which made home-ownership accessible to so many in the first place deliberately excluded poc. link
minus-squareSunn_Owns [none/use name]hexbear6·3 years agoCapitalism and fascism marching hand-in-hand. link
This. Housing is also the only way an entire generation created enough wealth to live normal lives. Making middle/upper class Americans obsess over housing prices and the same stock market was a brilliant stroke by the owner class.
It ascends to genius when you realise that the GI bill which made home-ownership accessible to so many in the first place deliberately excluded poc.
Capitalism and fascism marching hand-in-hand.