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	'''The housing crisis''' ~~in Haz's treatment~~ is a '''land-ownership problem''', and the answer is Henry George's — with Marx's blessing.		'''The housing crisis''' is a '''land-ownership problem''', and the answer is Henry George's — with Marx's blessing.

	== From the [https://infrared-transcripts.pages.dev/en/kick/infrared/d926a308-98c3-41a5-808f-03058f72e996/ RED PILL NEWS \| PALESTINE WAR stream] ==		== From the [https://infrared-transcripts.pages.dev/en/kick/infrared/d926a308-98c3-41a5-808f-03058f72e996/ RED PILL NEWS \| PALESTINE WAR stream] ==

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	"'''"The housing crisis''' ~~appears~~ in Haz's ~~streams through the~~ '''land ~~value tax~~''' ~~solution~~ and the ~~Hong Kong counter-example~~.		'''The housing crisis''' in Haz's treatment is a '''land-ownership problem''', and the answer is Henry George's — with Marx's blessing.

	== From the ~~streams ==~~		== From the [https://infrared-transcripts.pages.dev/en/kick/infrared/d926a308-98c3-41a5-808f-03058f72e996/ RED PILL NEWS \| PALESTINE WAR stream] ==
	* The Henry George answer ([https://infrared-transcripts.pages.dev/en/kick/infrared/d926a308-98c3-41a5-808f-03058f72e996/ RED PILL NEWS \| PALESTINE WAR stream]): "Talking about a land tax like Henry George put it. Marx wasn't against Henry George's idea — Marx even said 'we proposed this in the Communist Manifesto' — he was just against Georgism as a solution to all the world's problems. But the tax on land value, the single tax... this is one of the ways we solve the housing crisis. Well, who's talking about it? Nobody. Where's the opportunity for young men to make a living? It's completely an obscured reality... As a result, society is breaking down. When men can't make enough to bring bread to the table and reality stops making sense and everyone's in debt..."
	* The Hong Kong counter-example ([https://infrared-transcripts.pages.dev/en/kick/infrared/7c7451fb-bb3b-4e4d-9903-ef1f9ee3883d/ MAJOR UPDATES stream]): "Hong Kong is not socialistic the way China is. Hong Kong kept all their bullshit — that's why the CIA got the Hong Kong protests to work, because Hong Kong is ruled by landlords. China never went in and cracked down on the landlords of Hong Kong... They have a crazy housing crisis. It's terrible." Landlordism as the CIA's social base; mainland socialism as what prevents it.

	~~== The frame ==~~		> "Talking about a land tax like Henry George put it. Marx wasn't against Henry George's idea — Marx even said 'we proposed this in the Communist Manifesto.' He was just against Georgism as a solution to all the world's problems. But the tax on land value, the single tax... this is one of the ways we solve the housing crisis. Well, who's talking about it? Nobody. Where's the opportunity for young men to make a living? It's completely an obscured reality... As a result, society is breaking down. When men can't make enough to bring bread to the table and reality stops making sense and everyone's in debt..."
	~~Housing is not a supply-technocracy problem but~~ a '''land~~-ownership problem~~''~~': unearned rent capturing~~ the ~~whole society~~'s ~~productivity~~, ~~and a young male population with no path to household formation ("when~~ men can't bring bread to the table... ~~society~~ is ~~breaking down")~~ — the ~~material root of~~ the crisis of legitimacy ([[Class]], [[World Land Bridge]]).
			== The Hong Kong counter-example ==
			From the [https://infrared-transcripts.pages.dev/en/kick/infrared/7c7451fb-bb3b-4e4d-9903-ef1f9ee3883d/ MAJOR UPDATES stream]: "Hong Kong is not socialistic the way China is. Hong Kong kept all their bullshit — that's why the CIA got the Hong Kong protests to work, because Hong Kong is ruled by landlords... They have a crazy housing crisis. It's terrible."

			Landlordism as the CIA's social base; mainland socialism as what prevents it. The crisis of legitimacy has a material root: a young male population with no path to household formation ([[Class]], [[World Land Bridge]]).

	== See also ==		== See also ==
	* [[New Deal]]		* [[New Deal]]
	* [[Belt and Road Initiative]]

	== References ==		== References ==

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	~~The~~ '''housing crisis''' ~~denotes~~ the ~~post~~-2008 collapse of housing affordability across the Anglosphere and beyond: rents and prices rising far faster than wages, homelessness growing, home ownership delayed or foreclosed for entire generations.		"'''"The housing crisis''' appears in Haz's streams through the '''land value tax''' solution and the Hong Kong counter-example.

	== ~~Causes (Marxist reading)~~ ==		== From the streams ==
	* ~~'''Financialization'''~~: ~~housing transformed from use~~-~~value into the primary global asset class; institutional investors (BlackRock, Invitation Homes, etc~~.) ~~buying single-family stock;~~ land ~~rent capturing productivity gains~~.		* The Henry George answer ([https://infrared-transcripts.pages.dev/en/kick/infrared/d926a308-98c3-41a5-808f-03058f72e996/ RED PILL NEWS \| PALESTINE WAR stream]): "Talking about a land tax like Henry George put it. Marx wasn't against Henry George's idea — Marx even said 'we proposed this in the Communist Manifesto' — he was just against Georgism as a solution to all the world's problems. But the tax on land value, the single tax... this is one of the ways we solve the housing crisis. Well, who's talking about it? Nobody. Where's the opportunity for young men to make a living? It's completely an obscured reality... As a result, society is breaking down. When men can't make enough to bring bread to the table and reality stops making sense and everyone's in debt..."
	* '''~~Supply restriction~~''~~': zoning,~~ land~~-use veto by incumbent homeowners (NIMBYism)~~, ~~and construction-finance cycles constrain building precisely where demand~~ is ~~highest~~.		* The Hong Kong counter-example ([https://infrared-transcripts.pages.dev/en/kick/infrared/7c7451fb-bb3b-4e4d-9903-ef1f9ee3883d/ MAJOR UPDATES stream]): "Hong Kong is not socialistic the way China is. Hong Kong kept all their bullshit — that's why the CIA got the Hong Kong protests to work, because Hong Kong is ruled by landlords. China never went in and cracked down on the landlords of Hong Kong... They have a crazy housing crisis. It's terrible." Landlordism as the CIA's social base; mainland socialism as what prevents it.
	* '''~~Policy~~''': the ~~2008 bail-out saved creditors~~, ~~not homeowners~~; ~~quantitative easing inflated asset prices directly~~.

	== ~~Debates~~ ==		== The frame ==
	~~YIMBY deregulation vs. social housing vs.~~ rent ~~control — Infrared~~'s ~~line criticizes all market-centric framings: housing~~ is ~~a human right,~~ the crisis ~~is rentier class rule, and solutions require decommodified mass construction~~ (~~public developer~~, ~~Soviet/Chinese-scale housing programs~~) ~~plus breaking the homeowner-asset-voter coalition~~.		Housing is not a supply-technocracy problem but a '''land-ownership problem''': unearned rent capturing the whole society's productivity, and a young male population with no path to household formation ("when men can't bring bread to the table... society is breaking down") — the material root of the crisis of legitimacy ([[Class]], [[World Land Bridge]]).

	== See also ==		== See also ==
	* [[New Deal]]		* [[New Deal]]
	* [[~~Left-Conservatism~~]]		* [[Belt and Road Initiative]]

	== References ==		== References ==
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The '''housing crisis''' denotes the post-2008 collapse of housing affordability across the Anglosphere and beyond: rents and prices rising far faster than wages, homelessness growing, home ownership delayed or foreclosed for entire generations.

== Causes (Marxist reading) ==
* '''Financialization''': housing transformed from use-value into the primary global asset class; institutional investors (BlackRock, Invitation Homes, etc.) buying single-family stock; land rent capturing productivity gains.
* '''Supply restriction''': zoning, land-use veto by incumbent homeowners (NIMBYism), and construction-finance cycles constrain building precisely where demand is highest.
* '''Policy''': the 2008 bail-out saved creditors, not homeowners; quantitative easing inflated asset prices directly.

== Debates ==
YIMBY deregulation vs. social housing vs. rent control — Infrared's line criticizes all market-centric framings: housing is a human right, the crisis is rentier class rule, and solutions require decommodified mass construction (public developer, Soviet/Chinese-scale housing programs) plus breaking the homeowner-asset-voter coalition.

== See also ==
* [[New Deal]]
* [[Left-Conservatism]]

== References ==
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[[Category:Economics]][[Category:American politics]]