• trailing9
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    9 months ago

    Affordable housing can be built in new areas connected by public transport. Nimbys cannot have a majority everywhere.

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      9 months ago

      They are the ones who vote. They don’t need a majority. They need a majority of voters. They seem to have it. I think we’re learning that we have the country that we want more and more everyday. We don’t want better, we want this.

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        9 months ago

        Or renters could organize and motivate the nonvoters to vote after they have clarified which party is willing to implement the necessary changes.

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          9 months ago

          Hard to do when everyone views renters as parasitic children.

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            9 months ago

            35% renters is not a guaranteed win for a new party. But in a two party election, they decide the winner. That’s a foundation for starting a negotiation.