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[–] trailing9@lemmy.ml 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Affordable housing can be built in new areas connected by public transport. Nimbys cannot have a majority everywhere.

[–] asteroidnova@lemmy.ml 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

They are the ones who vote. They don't need a majority. They need a majority of voters. They seem to have it. I think we're learning that we have the country that we want more and more everyday. We don't want better, we want this.

[–] trailing9@lemmy.ml 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Or renters could organize and motivate the nonvoters to vote after they have clarified which party is willing to implement the necessary changes.

[–] asteroidnova@lemmy.ml 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Hard to do when everyone views renters as parasitic children.

[–] trailing9@lemmy.ml 1 points 1 year ago

35% renters is not a guaranteed win for a new party. But in a two party election, they decide the winner. That's a foundation for starting a negotiation.