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[–] TranscendentalEmpire@lemm.ee 37 points 4 days ago (2 children)

We've known for years that starting school at 08.00 is detrimental to school-aged children and teenagers, but we keep doing it.

Yeah, but we also know school is more about free childcare that allows both parents to go to work than it is about actual education.

We've known for years that WFH can be just as productive and even more so than RTO, but we keep doing it.

We also know that a large part of the real estate market is dependent on leasing office space.

We've known for ages that housing homeless people helps them and society much better than criminalizing them, but we keep doing it

Again, creating more homes drives down property value.

We've known for ages that repressive stances on drugs are counterproductive, but we keep doing it.

It also creates jobs for police officers, income for private prisons, and strips minorities of their rights.

We've known for ages that a 4-day workweek results in gains for everyone, including the owner class themselves, yet we keep on doing 5.

This is once again an issue with the real estate market. Cutting the work week also cuts into profits of companies dependent on demand made from people commuting to and from work.

starting to think that gaining knowledge and insight is completely useless if the results are never taken into account if they don't fit the currently reigning narrative.

It's not that we don't take account of the results, it's just that the results do not benefit the nonsensical economic system we've adapted to. Our system does not create value from the things we have, it creates value from the things we withold.

[–] UnderpantsWeevil@lemmy.world 16 points 4 days ago (2 children)

Our system does not create value from the things we have, it creates value from the things we withold.

Getting this stitched onto a throw pillow and plastered all over those "In This House We Believe" placards.

[–] TranscendentalEmpire@lemm.ee 5 points 3 days ago

Ahh yes, another untapped market! Inspirational chachkies for billionaires.

[–] Manalith@midwest.social 5 points 3 days ago

It's right up there with my "Lie. Cheat. Steal. " "Live. Laugh. Love." painting.

[–] Walk_blesseD@lemmy.blahaj.zone 9 points 3 days ago (2 children)

Wow, I'm starting to think that maybe real estate shouldn't be a commodity subjected to market forces.

[–] TranscendentalEmpire@lemm.ee 3 points 3 days ago

Be prepared to be assassinated by a jr level manager from Black Rock. Keep your head on a swivel. Bryce played lacrosse for Princeton, he don't miss son.

[–] desktop_user@lemmy.blahaj.zone -1 points 3 days ago (1 children)

fair, but then how would houses be sold and bought?

[–] Walk_blesseD@lemmy.blahaj.zone 3 points 3 days ago (1 children)

they shouldn't.

[–] desktop_user@lemmy.blahaj.zone 0 points 3 days ago (1 children)

then how would people move?

[–] SuperApples@lemmy.world 2 points 3 days ago (1 children)

Taking a page from the Singapore HDB, housing can be sold/bought by the state, and prices are set by what the applicant can afford, rather than what the market is willing to pay. This allows residents to move to different locations, or change dwelling size to fit their currents needs (marriage, children, empty nesters, divorce, etc.).

I imagine this can work in a multi-city state, too... just need to make sure there is ample supply to allow for migrations without waiting lists.

Unlike rent control on rentals from a private market, price control for a majority public housing system can work, as a black market is hard to establish.

[–] desktop_user@lemmy.blahaj.zone -1 points 3 days ago

curious about how the value is calculated when selling if it is based on the applicant not the state/location of the property?