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English-speaking countries can't build housing (infosec.pub)

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[–] LurkingLuddite@piefed.social 4 points 2 hours ago (2 children)

This completely and utterly ignores the capitalist pressures that also hit building materials. Just look at wood prices in the US. Prices have skyrocketed outside of the housing supply as well.

TL;DR: Capitalism is cancer on anything required to live, including the vast supply chain for such goods.

[–] LibertyLizard@slrpnk.net 5 points 2 hours ago (1 children)

That doesn't explain why some nations are functioning better under capitalism than others though.

[–] Zorque@lemmy.world 3 points 1 hour ago (1 children)

Because they put limits on capitalism.

It is not all or nothing.

[–] LibertyLizard@slrpnk.net 0 points 1 hour ago* (last edited 1 hour ago)

Sure but what are the specific policies that explain this specific pattern? That's what I'd like to know. Just writing it off as capitalism bad doesn't help, even if it's true.

[–] panda_abyss@lemmy.ca 2 points 1 hour ago

They’re welcome to buy wood from us Canadians.

Though we are pretty terrible at housing too. Every affordability measure is met with generations taught that their home will be their retirement, who do not want to see prices go down.