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[-] wpb@lemmy.world -2 points 3 weeks ago* (last edited 3 weeks ago)

Yeah ok, sure, but again I feel like you're focussing on the wrong thing here. It's like you're watching a video of a homeless man being beaten up, see someone jaywalk in the background and go "oh my god I can't believe someone just jaywalked!". Like, yeah, sure, you're completely right, that is a bad thing to do, but I feel like there's more important things going on here, and it's really quite odd to focus on that, instead of the bigger evil here.

To be really super duper clear here: I think you're right, the lady sucks. But there is a bigger problem here, namely booking.com. And focussing on the small fries rather than the bigger picture is just kind of weird. If anything we said or did on Lemmy mattered at all I'd say you were harming the greater good of bringing down booking by focussing on one tiny little instance of a symptom of the system rather than the system itself.

Or is this a fundamental disagreement in how to solve systemic problems? I believe systemic problems can only be cured with systemic change, like regulation, going after the root cause of the problem. Some folks believe it's a matter of personal responsibility, and they believe that huge systemic problems can be solved by going after one individual at a time.

[-] notgold@aussie.zone 1 points 3 weeks ago

Booking dot com aren't buying homes that families could live in are they? Booking dot com are just facilitating bitch face making money on a human right. Systemic change is required:

  • banning people owning more than 1 or maybe 2 homes
  • taxing property earning at 90%
  • no tax deductions for property costs
  • building more government (fed, state and council) owned social housing
  • short term rentals susceptible to same rules as hotels
  • short term rentals requiring council approval

The game is rigged but we shouldn't give a pussy pass to the players just because they can play. They should be shunned and labelled as traitors to society.

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