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You're fundamentally asking for a different society. To be very honest, the Idea is great, I just don't see how it's gonna be implemented. Also you gotta be happy with pretty minimal houses, but I guess people in twenties who are just starting with life, this could be all they need.
Yeah Ik this is core communist ideology, I don't have anything against communism. I just am saying what you are asking is very different from what society is today.
Well, yes, I'm a communist, but seeing the housing in literally every western capitalist country suffering from the same issues, I have 0% of hope that the issue of housing will be solved within capitalism. Capitalists are in power and they're the ones owning the housing, so they simply will prevent legislation from passing unless forced by worker organizing
Sorry I didn't read the second paragraph, my bad. I see, but then if you're richer, maybe you want more choices🤷. That's why, like giving richer People some place to spend, a mix of capitalism for richer countries.
I mean, I know communism want's everyone's income equal, but then idk if such a thing could be achieved irl
I edited my comment and added the second paragraph, not your fault you didn't see it :)
Communism doesn't actually say anything about wanting everyone's income equal, I've only seen this claim by anticommunists before. Communists simply believe that people should earn according to their labor, and not according to the exploitation of others' labor. For example, the Soviet Union had widespread use of work quotas which, when exceeded, granted workers a higher wage. As an example, the Stakhanovite movement did wide promotion of work effectiveness and of rewarding exemplary workers, both through monetary and through social incentives.
I personally don't believe there's much place for capitalism at all, but that's a very deep ideological topic that's far beyond the scope of this post. If you're interested on discussing this, however, I'm very open to this topic!
In all honesty neither capitalism nor communism solves all problems. Problems arise because systems get too rigid, and it can happen with either. Today's capitalist problems are arising because America got too stubborn about capitalism, but at the same time, a purely communist state will undermine a lot of desires of common man.
The best solution is always in between the two, and is very context dependent. Like a lot of poorer countries benefit from socialist ideologies, and when people have enough purchasing power, certain parts of economy can be run by capitalists. The world right now is in chaos because too much of economy is handed to the capitalists.