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10 sats \ 1 reply \ @Bell_curve 2 Aug \ parent \ on: YIMBYism works econ
Sounds like you have some experience in this area lol
I mostly, somewhat comically but also genuinely, resent YIMBYism being a blanket term for housing reform. No one is really a YIMBY but that's why the term is so effective because it's a lie about self-sacrifice - we all viscerally oppose people building in our backyards, but not in other people's backyards so we bluff like this. Incentives-wise it's shaped a lot like "yes, tax me more uncle sam."
YIMBY is only a thing because our housing property rights are subject to politicization.
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