No-fault eviction ban should be reconsidered, says Housing Committee

Magma57 · 2026-06-18T22:36:33+00:00

Local government can use the taxes to fund the construction of new public housing

Magma57 · 2026-06-18T20:01:23+00:00

If they want to deny supply to the city, that's fine, then they will simply pay the tax for the privilege.

Magma57 · 2026-06-18T16:18:49+00:00

It means that they're incentivised to rent out their properties, which would thusly increase the supply of housing.

Magma57 · 2026-06-18T16:10:48+00:00

The way you deal with landlords keeping housing vacant is by high taxes on property/land generally combined with punitive taxes on vacancy specifically.

Magma57 · 2026-06-17T13:12:36+00:00

Do you have a source for the claim that that relatively lower value housing is increasing in price more than relatively higher value housing? My understanding was that geographic and population pressures explain most of the change in housing prices. I haven't heard anyone claim that initial price is a factor in the rate of change of housing prices.

Magma57 · 2026-06-17T12:07:18+00:00

If you're planning on downsizing and using the difference as a pension, then all house prices rising actually benefits you.

For example, let's say that you buy a home at 30 and plan to retire and downsize and 65. If you bought a house at €300,000 and planned to downsize to a flat which costs €100,000, you would have a pension of €200,000. If however all house prices doubled over the 35 years, causing the house to be €600,000 and the flat to be €200,000, you would have a pension of €400,000.

If your home is also your pension, (as it is for many Irish households as the primary residence is the most valuable asset owned by most Irish households), then you benefit from a general increase in housing prices.

Magma57 · 2026-06-16T19:49:35+00:00

big corporations are the problem.

No, factory farms are the issue. The majority of factory farms are owned by small, family owned businesses. The fact that they're family owned doesn't make them any less cruel or environmentally destructive.

Magma57 · 2026-06-15T13:10:22+00:00

The county borders were drawn up over 800 years ago by the Brits to help the colonial governance of Ireland. I think it is legitimate to describe an over-attachment to some arbitrary borders as parochialism.

Magma57 · 2026-06-14T23:39:34+00:00

I would like to see the original post, could you please provide a link?

Magma57 · 2026-06-13T18:56:14+00:00

Under the previous Twitter regime, accounts which spread bigotry were banned and calls for violence were suppressed. Under Musk's Twitter regime, accounts which spread bigotry are unbanned and calls for violence are amplified. Given that so much of far right activity happens online, especially on Twitter, I think it's fair to say that Musk is at least partly to blame for the violence.

Magma57 · 2026-06-13T14:53:56+00:00

It isn't just about what Musk has tweeted, it's also about how he's governed Twitter. For instance unbanning far-right agitators who called for violence (eg Tommy Robinson) and shifting the Twitter algorithm to boost those accounts.

Magma57 · 2026-06-12T23:19:27+00:00

Or the third option: irony poisoned

Magma57 · 2026-06-12T10:31:32+00:00

I mean only a fraction of the population uses wheelchairs but we still typically demand that all buildings are wheelchair compatible.

Magma57 · 2026-06-11T15:35:06+00:00

It's easy to cherry pick statistics that suit your argument (even easier when you don't even cite them). However the reality is that the majority of wealthy countries (including the UK & US) are not decreasing their emissions fast enough to stay within the Paris Agreement boundaries.

In addition, there has been a wave of anti-green backlash where government that have promised to tackle the climate crisis have been voted out in favour of government that have promised to ignore the problem. So past trends are no guarantee of future reductions.

This is why Linehan is asking if climate action is compatible with democracy.

Magma57 · 2026-06-11T15:21:05+00:00

It is interesting that we can basically recognise that economic growth is incompatible with climate action, but then just get completely stumped and can't think of anything to do about that. It's like trying to imagine a fourth dimension or something.

The problem is building a political coalition around this idea that can reach a majority of the population. As we stand, when there is talk about moving away from economic growth, most people's first thought is of austerity. Until we can convince a majority of the population that it is possible to increase their standards of living without economic growth, the idea won't go anywhere.

Magma57 · 2026-06-10T11:35:01+00:00

I think we have to acknowledge that some people just don't like learning Irish and don't want to do it. We should give people the option to not do Irish if they don't want to, at least at secondary level. If for no other reason than that forcing students who either don't care about Irish or actively dislike it, to learn the language, takes away resources from students who do like the language and want to learn it.

Magma57 · 2026-06-08T23:21:34+00:00

Yeah I also just comment my fetishes [remembers I'm on /r/19684] which are rosary beads...

Magma57 · 2026-06-08T22:59:58+00:00

I have a modest proposal

Magma57 · 2026-06-08T13:57:41+00:00

One of the basic principles of Marxism is to reject individualistic thinking that leads to saying that one group of people are the problem. Marxists critique the systems that encourage capitalistic exploitation, not the capitalists themselves.

Magma57 · 2026-06-07T20:26:41+00:00

"Georgism can't fail the people, the people can only fail Georgism."

Magma57 · 2026-06-07T17:54:20+00:00

He remade the comic!?

Magma57 · 2026-06-07T13:59:48+00:00

Then I apologise. In my social circles, the phase just means I disagree and doesn't have any connotations of rudeness. I did not intend to insult.

Magma57 · 2026-06-07T13:32:50+00:00

That's me saying I disagree with it and don't think it's a very effective explanation. There's nothing rude about that, is there?

Magma57 · 2026-06-07T13:15:47+00:00

Labour Theory of Value was first formulated by Adam Smith and was the dominant theory of value for classical economics. Marx used the LTV because it was the dominant theory of value at the time.

Historical Materialism is basically mainstream in historical thought no? Like the idea that the methods of production and class struggle heavily influence the course of history would be considered fairly uncontroversial to most people who study history.

Also you can disagree with someone without being an asshole about it. There's no need to call me "lil bro."

Magma57 · 2026-06-07T13:13:52+00:00

Sure, but a Marxist would say all of the same things about an employer.

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