The housing crisis is now global. It shows just how undemocratic our nations have become | Leilani Farha
www.theguardian.com
When we can’t even afford to rent or buy somewhere to live, we have to ask: did we give the financial sector too much power?, asks the former UN special rapporteur on adequate housing, Leilani Farha
  • Malica@lemmy.zipEnglish
    5·
    4 hours ago

    The class war is global and always has been. All we have to do is unite against them.

  • TheCriticalMember@aussie.zoneEnglish
    33·
    18 hours ago

    Um, duh. The entire purpose of the finance sector is to invent ways for rich people to get richer without doing anything. So of course they’ve been allowed to just do wtf they want.

    • shalafi@lemmy.worldEnglish
      3·
      5 hours ago

      The finance sector ain’t the problem, of course they’re going to do what’s best for themselves, that’s rational.

      Democracy was supposed to be the counter to unfettered capitalism, activity like this. Guess we’re collectively too fucking stupid to stop voting against ourselves.