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pantalaimon 9 months ago | parent | context | favorite | on: The Buchstabenmuseum Berlin is closing

But capitalism doesn't have an interest in prohibiting housing being built in certain areas or limiting density to a fraction of what was possible 130 years ago.

worldsayshi 9 months ago [–]

It doesn't? People owning housing has an interest in keeping housing supply low to make the value of their assets go up.

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