It comes from what I would call the Fundamental Leftist Error: by refusing to act and thwarting others' actions, you are necessarily empowering the status quo, and the status quo favors the monied the vast majority of the time.
But they seem to think that their purity tests don't result in this.
Is it anti-leftist to listen to stakeholders? Or is this the "stakeholders are only who *I* decide are stakeholders, and those homeless people over there don't count?"
I'm super into listening to stakeholders. It's part of how they figured out LA needs more duplexes and fourplexes, not high rises.
Someday soon we're going to get a variation of "I'm not a landlord, what I'm doing is building community/mutual aid/the work/etc. And that's why I shouldn't be subjected to certain tenant protections"
I will concede that it'll be easier to nationalize housing if we build more of it first, rather than waiting for a municipal / federal home-building agency that does not yet exist.
Housing in the US is worth $52 trillion, and makes up the majority of most Americans' net worth. No need to build more beforehand if you want to nationalize it, since in a few months there would be a *lot* more vacant housing.
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But they seem to think that their purity tests don't result in this.
I'm super into listening to stakeholders. It's part of how they figured out LA needs more duplexes and fourplexes, not high rises.