Respect for authority is kind of a loaded term and not always a good thing. It's better to learn just to respect people as people

Hey thanks I appreciate the kind words

All these misguided comments caused me to reflect about how the world's 3 biggest industries are financial services, construction, and real estate, which all use housing as one of their main commodities. The monetary interests of these industries are so prevalent that many people cannot see them for the scam they are and immediately shut down any discussion of any alternative.

You don't have to imagine a solution. Look at Austria's long running successful public housing in Vienna that is roughly half the cost of living in a major city elsewhere

Being able to afford to continue living near your family, friends, and job without being forced out economically is not a dog whistle. Your comment however is full of dog whistles.

Also you missed your double standard of claiming no one has any right to a space while implying that anyone has the right to that space just because they have more money. The mental gymnastics you are doing here are incredible.

Yes the negative effects of gentrification are a class issue that are often also a racial issue because of how closely linked class and race have been historically. They aren't mutually exclusive

I don't know why this is so hard for people to understand

If you can no longer afford housing and are evicted the state will literally violently remove you. That is the end result of being priced out of your home.

It's interesting that you can completely separate economics and philosophy. Do you have no interest in thinking about material conditions in our world and how they can affect people in positive or negative ways?

They are already proven wrong by the successful existence of rent control, public housing, and decommodification of shelter that many other cities have implemented with great success. The top 3 global industries are financial services, construction, and real estate, which all directly feed off the buying and selling of buildings and land. These markets and their monetary interests shape our experience with housing in every conceivable way, but some people can't see past that influence.

This sub is not very open minded for being into philosophy. Some people can't comprehend any level of decommodifying housing even with real world examples like Austria's long running public housing strategy.

I don't know how you are getting down voted for this. Pricing people out of their homes into unknown and probably worse living situations is definitely a violent act. And if you stay in your home or apartment after eviction the state will physically and violently remove you.

Violence against police isn't up in any meaningfully way. Police kill more people and are killed less often in the line of duty than several decades ago. There is a recent uptick but it's still a rarity. It's not so much actual violence that police are facing but rather public disapproval of police in general that they absolutely cannot handle.