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Yeah but "us" aka normal people who are not capitalists don't care. Every single person who is not a land owning capitalist wants affordable housing. If you can handle post-Marxist thought, a great manifesto called the Housing Monster addresses this. http://prole.info/thm.html

[elago]

Most programmers/coders/software engineers could easily be considered capitalists by this quote from your article:

"X-ray techs can't take X-rays without access to expensive X-ray machines in the hospital, owned by the hospital's shareholders. Cement masons can't lay the foundations for houses without access to expensive concrete mixing trucks. Those of us who don't have property we can make money from are forced to sell our ability to work to a capitalist--we become wage workers. "

Even when I was the most de-humanized corporate drone at the largest company I've ever worked for, all I did was type on a keyboard. And I can easily afford those means of production.

I liked that article, it had great info on the workings of the construction industry, but I can't say I understand what, if any, action it was suggesting as a better alternative to build shelter?

[mistermann]

Please don't disparage capitalism, it has no opinion on affordable housing, only people do. I'm a self-proclaimed capitalist, and affordable housing for ~all should be one of the highest priorities of a functioning society, capitalist or not.

[sampo]

I am sure true capitalists also think that people should be able to build multi-family units on their own land if they so desire. Or to sell their land to the highest bidder.

Restrictive zoning regulations have nothing to do with capitalism or free market economy.