CileTheSane , 1 year ago

but shouldn’t we let the market decide the best use of a space?

When it comes to something necessary for survival, like shelter, “letting the market decide” is a terrible idea.

For example: if corporations purchased all of the water so that people couldn’t access it, and you had to buy all your water from corporations, you couldn’t “let the market decide” what a fair price of water is. They have created this scarcity so they can profit off it, and the amount people are “willing to pay” to live turns out to be about “all the money they have.”