/lit/ - Literature

>>21808940
https://economicsfromthetopdown.com/2020/02/28/what-if-the-government-is-just-another-firm-part-2/

"Governments, I claim, are like whales.
Let me explain.
As the largest animals on Earth, whales are exquisitely different than other animals. Yet when it comes to predicting abundance, these differences don’t matter. Whales are ‘just another animal’. Their abundance is predictable from their size alone.
I propose that the same is true of governments. Because they’re the largest institutions, governments are exquisitely different than other institutions. Yet when it comes to predicting government abundance, I argue that these differences don’t matter. Governments are ‘just another firm’. Their abundance is predictable from their size alone."

>>18890669
>Nationalize real estate. Expropriate all landlords except those that sublet part of their own housing. Institute a national housing system where your home is determined by the size of your family, work location
Which means, that some bureaucratic monstrosity will from now on determine how you should live. Instead of being at the mercy of several huge real estate corporations (which is by itself bad enough), you are now submitting to one sole monopoly, that can practice biopolitics on you. Feedbackless and not giving a fuck, given its size. Yay.