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Why should someone on minimum wage be able to afford a medium-quality 2-bedroom rental? Do we have no room in our society for people who don't need much more than a low-quality one bedroom? or even roommates? I've lived with roommates for years and it's great.

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Why shouldn't they? Housing should get cheaper and more accessible with technological improvements in building over time, just like almost every other product and service. The only reason it hasn't is because our states restrict new supply of it.

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restricting supply is stupid. also restricting what financial/labor exchange two consenting adults decide is best for them, is stupid. if we didn't restrict either, probably our standards of living would be even higher.

8:27 PM · Jul 14, 2021

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kek, working at a grocery store doesnt give you the leverage of sex work

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Not sure I follow - do you mean in terms of restricting people from sharing housing? If so then I completely agree - we should not restrict housing supply (beyond minimal level to prevent the worse externalities), and nor should we prevent people from sharing if they choose

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They’re interdependent variables. Assuming your philosophy is right, letting go of the reigns on one without doing the same on the other risks worsening the systems.

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This feels like it's got a fundamentally flawed assumption, as a lot of people don't have (or don't perceive) much choice about what financial/labor exchanges they engage in due to a weak negotiating position. Employers exploit desperation to get labor out of people for cheap.