How Socialists Solved The Housing Crisis

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[@thespelsheepington6664]

We need social housing in America. Homlessness is not only a cruelty on the poor, it's costly to all of us.

[@AllMustJump]

Actually we do, there called “housing authorities”. Around 4 million people live in those in the US.

[@TheGravelInstitute]

Exactly. Leaving a single human being to die on the streets is a stain on all of society, and it drains our resources.

[@krieghart5515]

Not to mention 100% preventable from a societal standpoint. We collectively watch our fellow humans die in the cold next to an empty, heated building.

[@notabene7381]

The right for shelter was secured in the Soviet constitution. Not having permanent residency was legally considered a crime. There were also virtually no empty and unused apartments in the cities: any flat where nobody was registered was immediately lent by the state at a symbolic price to others who needed better living conditions. If a person who had permanent registration could not pay for shelter, nobody had right to evict them, only to demand money through a court. Immediately after the October 1917 Revolution a special program of "compression" ("уплотнение") was enabled: people who had no shelter were settled in flats of those who had large (4, 5 or 6 room) flats with only one room left to previous owners. The flat was declared state property. This led to a large number of shared flats where several families lived simultaneously. Nevertheless, the problem of complete homelessness was mostly solved as anybody could apply for a room or a place in dormitory (the number of shared flats steadily decreased after large-scale residential building program was implemented starting in the 1960s). After the breakup of the USSR and adopting capitalism, the problem of homelessness sharpened dramatically, partially because of the legal vacuum of the early 1990s with some laws contradicting each other and partially because of a high rate of frauds in the realty market. Nevertheless, the state is still obliged to give permanent shelter for free to anybody who needs better living conditions or has no permanent registration, because the right to shelter is still included in the constitution. This may take many years, though. Nobody still has the right to strip a person of permanent residency without their will, even the owner of the apartment. This creates problems for banks because mortgage loans became increasingly popular. Banks are obliged to provide a new, cheaper flat for a person instead of the old one if the person fails to repay the loan, or wait until all people who live in the flat are dead. .

[@ChillAssTurtle]

@@AllMustJump they're usually shitty and there's 330+ million bruv

[@Kazner0h]

I don't understand why Americans are so against giving everyone a home. If your community is stronger and healthier, so is your country.

[@notabene7381]

A kapo or prisoner functionary (German: Funktionshäftling) was a prisoner in a Nazi camp who was assigned by the SS guards to supervise forced labor or carry out administrative tasks. Also called "prisoner self-administration" (German: Häftlingsselbstverwaltung), the prisoner functionary system minimized costs by allowing camps to function with fewer SS personnel. The system was designed to turn victim against victim, as the prisoner functionaries were pitted against their fellow prisoners in order to maintain the favor of their SS overseers. If they were derelict, they would be returned to the status of ordinary prisoners and be subject to other kapos. Many prisoner functionaries were recruited from the ranks of violent criminal gangs rather than from the more numerous political, religious, and racial prisoners; such criminal convicts were known for their brutality toward other prisoners. This brutality was tolerated by the SS and was an integral part of the camp system. Prisoner functionaries were spared physical abuse and hard labor, provided they performed their duties to the satisfaction of the SS functionaries. They also had access to certain privileges, such as civilian clothes and a private room. The SS used domination and terror to control the camps' large populations with just a few SS functionaries. The system of prisoner guards was a key instrument of domination, and was commonly called "prisoner self-government" in SS parlance. The camp draconian rules, constant threat of beatings, humiliation, punishment, and the practice of punishing whole groups for the actions of one prisoner were psychological and physical torments on top of the starvation, and physical exhaustion from back-breaking labor. Prisoner guards were used to push other inmates to work harder, saving the need for paid SS supervision. Many kapos felt caught in the middle, being both victims and perpetrators. Though kapos generally had a bad reputation, many suffered guilt about their actions, both at the time and after the war, as revealed in a book about Jewish kapos. Many prisoner functionaries, primarily from the ranks of the "greens" or criminal prisoners, could be quite ruthless in order to justify their privileges, especially when an SS man was around. They also played an active role in the beatings, even killing fellow prisoners. Some guards were personally involved in the mass murder of other prisoners. An eager prisoner functionary could have a camp "career" as an SS favorite and be promoted from Kapo to Oberkapo and eventually to Lagerältester, but he could also just as easily run foul of the SS and be sent to the gas chambers. "The moment he becomes a Kapo, he no longer sleeps with them. He is held accountable for the performance of the work, that they are clean, that the beds are well-built. [...] So, he must drive his men. The moment we become dissatisfied with him, he is no longer Kapo, he's back to sleeping with his men. And he knows that he will be beaten to death by them the first night." - Heinrich Himmler, June 1944

[@awkwardbound569]

@@notabene7381 How is this related?

[@Urstupidumbass]

Answer: capitalist propaganda

[@daryno9073]

Because a lot of us had been brainwashed to be hyper individualistic and competitive by capitalist propaganda. That it’s immoral for you to have any help at all. A lot of us don’t view us a community but other competitors. That if we work hard enough, we’ll be millionaires too. But I think it’s also because a lot of Americans don’t want to acknowledge that we all been essentially conned and instead they double down on it.

[@draco89123]

It's tremendously profitable to kick people out and gouge newcomers when it comes to any asset pool. Homeowners, landlords, developers, finance make a humungous killing leveraging your need to live near your job so you're willing pay to 30-50% of your income for it. It practically prints money. And then naturally people develop negative feelings toward any people who don't represent that dream.

[@BOAiak]

Never let the establishment gaslight you into thinking that hellworld is inescapable.

[@mievaselli7910]

Or that it is the best possible world

[@kickster4u]

*ruling class*

[@Randomgen77]

A better world is possible. It’s so simple, but we have to keep reminding each other of that possibility.

[@gregodaniel4632]

YES!

[@icefire6622]

We can't ever stop fighting.

[@andrew.alonzo]

Because so many people overpaid for homes even while loan rates were low, I believe there will be a housing catastrophe because these people are in debt. If housing costs continue to drop and, for whatever reason, they can no longer afford the property and it goes into foreclosure, they have no equity since, even if they try to sell, they will not make any money. I believe that many individuals will experience this, especially given the impending mass layoffs and rapidly rising living expenses.

[@james.atkins88]

I advise you to invest in stocks to balance out your real estate, Even the worst recessions offer wonderful buying opportunities in the markets if you're cautious. Volatility can also result in excellent short-term buy and sell opportunities. This is not financial advice, but buy now because cash is definitely not king right now!

[@edward.abraham]

Soon, cheap homes won't be cheap anymore because prices today will look like dips tomorrow. I think inflation will cause panic until the Fed tightens its grip even more. You can't just pull the band-aid off half way. Booms and busts are the ups and downs of the economy, and they will affect any investments. If you are at a crossroads or need honest advice on the best steps to take right now, it is best to get counsel from a financial expert.

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[@rebecca_burns14]

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[@brentsievers3293]

This guy is a great presenter. You should bring him back.

[@ToaNyroc]

That smile, man.

[@parispc]

Glad to have him and AOC represent my neighborhood too.

[@blorblin]

@@ToaNyroc yeah it's kind of inspiring in a way

[@BlackKara]

He is very charming!

[@LadyPinkster]

@@parispc lucky

[@constanzeli9915]

As a person living in Vienna I love seeing such presentations of my city. It hurts to see tourists strolling the inner city (palaces, churches, horse carriages, blingbling, etc) and they think: this is what makes Vienna the most liveable city? No! It's affordable living for everyone; social housing in every district and area (therefore no "ghettos"); affordable and smoothly functioning public transport; beautiful parks in every area... to just name a few. Allthough Social Democrates aren't perfect either, they governed this city since after WWII and genuinly seem to care about peoples quality of living.

[@solotechoregon]

What is the native mortality vs birthing rates? Yup vienna's people are dieing faster than replacement....socialism is just killing u slowly with his song 👍

[@constanzeli9915]

@@solotechoregon If the quality of living in Vienna won't convince you that those policies are good for people, than nothing ever will. In the end we all gonna die - better live a healthy, happy and peaceful life along the way.

[@CarloLlacar]

@@solotechoregon There’s been a global decline in birth rates so isolating to just Vienna is dishonest, FYI

[@AD-bb9np]

How many immigrants does your country accept each year? Is it easy for a foreigner to live in the city for free too?

[@solotechoregon]

@@CarloLlacar world wide population...still on the increase.

[@alexfirefly1956]

And don't forget: Vienna wins “City with the best quality of living *in the world*“ like every year!

[@empireoftruth3291]

Proud Vienna resident here : )

[@OzCroc]

Man I've been to Vienna and it was amazing. It felt so welcoming! Even more than where I live (Canada)

[@cwindigo6919]

Why not move there?

[@OzCroc]

@@cwindigo6919 I wish I could move there. I'm happy where I am in Canada but I also love Vienna. It's just hard to up and move, especially to another country.

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[@Demon9ne]

But what happens if Ben Shapiro comes out of his hole and sees his shadow?

[@gxtmfa]

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[@blorblin]

@@gxtmfa :) You're a cool person.

[@notme8232]

@@Demon9ne He'll just run, because he can't win a debate against anyone but college students who haven't done their research

[@DifferentLOL]

As someone from vienna: Thank you for sharing this. When our country makes it into the news / is mentioned in over-sees media, it's usually for our backwards conservative party, their corruption and their drunktard incompetence. Being a positive example is refreshing. Becaause our little red Vienna is different from the rest of the country. And I am pround to be part of that humane and "put the people over profits" side

[@apprenticerocker9885]

The few time I traveled to Austria (I spent three holiday periods in Innsbruck) I always found it a beautiful country but I always believed that it’s an extremely Conservative place with a libertarian/conservative government (maybe I was influenced by high school philosophy lesson about Hayek and the Austrian School of Economics) so this video is really refreshing for me. Anyway if it can console you even when my country (Italy) is on the spotlight usually is for negative reasons, we are known for mafia, disorganized or corrupted governments and incompetent politicians.

[@Billsbob]

To bad he didn’t mention why the fascist party felt it necessary to take over, why the people allowed such obvious hate to consume their government. Maybe the crippling national debt and in sustainability had something to do with it...

[@michaelhayes4231]

@@Billsbob in-sustainability and debt? I think you're talking about the American Wall Street system there my friend

[@youwontgetmynamenotevenmyl6986]

@@Billsbob hey just want to clarify, is a fascist takeover preferable? I kinda want a straight answer.

[@therealrooster]

@@Billsbob "They felt it necessary to take over." Nice description for "they wanted power". "No no, they didn't want to install a fascist dictatorship, they just felt it necessary to take over. Basically a selfless service to the people." Anyway, Austria didn't only consist of Vienna (which was ruled by the Social Democrats), but also of a large rural and very conservative countryside, which was much more in favor of the conservative Christian Social Party (which eventually evolved into the fascist Patriotic Front). Especially as they were fed massive amounts of propaganda about all the abhorrent things the Social Democrats would do if they came into power in Austria. Does that ring any bells?

[@TheSuperLegoMan100]

when you realise there are more empty homes than homeless people, you know something in our society has gone seriously wrong

[@notabene7381]

“Physical slavery requires people to be housed and fed. Economic slavery requires people to feed and house themselves.” ― Zeitgeist: Addendum

[@sharann3482]

It’s even hurting capitalism, as a good chunk of the population can’t work or live/consume or generate productivity nor can’t increase Labour cost (wich is good for capitalism, wich forces companies finally to invest in productivity).

[@frocco7125]

@@sharann3482 Gee, almost like happier people are better at their job.

[@sharann3482]

Rocco Anders and more efficient that is

[@sinbread526]

@@sharann3482 Nah, it’s the reserve army of labor. Keep people on the brink of desperation and they’ll accept whatever slave wages you give them.

[@wernerharms4833]

Hello from Germany. We had millions of housing in communal ownership (i.e. owned by the cities) when FRG annected Eastern Germany. Now the number is 80% less, they in main were sold out to companies. Often they were upscaled to luxury housing and therefore became unaffordable for poor people. The average german now pays 30-50% of his wages for rent, depending from the area he lives. And it is still becoming worse.

[@cameronikswokark5536]

I guess you could say capitalism is *housing* the the problem...

[@chrisangel6833]

The the pogu

[@notabene7381]

Without the appalling fate of the poor and homeless, you cannot push people to accept working for less than 100% of their productivity, which is the foundation of capitalism. That is, capitalism must perpetuate chronic poverty in order to survive. In the words of the great George Carlin: "The upper class keeps all of the money, pays none of the taxes. The middle class pays all of the taxes, does all of the work. The poor are there just to scare the shit out of the middle class."

[@sharann3482]

Nota Bene Wrong you are Describing the neoclassical/Neoliberal Economy not Capitalism itself (but i used to think like you as well). Infact Capitalism will die, if you don’t increase wages in line with productivity growth, this not even theory this is basic accounting. You produce more products, you have to increase wages in line with productivity growth. This is what Capitalism drives and started 250 years ago, wich doesn’t mean we had constantly Capitalism (it stopped everytime when wages were payed too low or too high).

[@frocco7125]

hahahaha Kill me.

[@miguelherrera5654]

@@sharann3482 neo liberalism is capitalism in a more pure form without any of safety guard to stop the worst actors. Whatever way you think you can make capitalism more ethical it won't work, workers are always being exploited and whatever social gains you think you've made can be rolled back when the capital owning gods or masters want.

[@arturyeon]

As a former citizen of Red Vienna, I'm still happy with the state of our current social housing, but would love to see ourselves set these quasi-utopian standards to meet again, so that housing for the common good continues to be the high-quality architecture of the future. That being said, I wish you, my dear comrades across the pond, the best of luck to achieve what we have and more in the centre of capital in the 21st century! Check out the anthem of Red Vienna, "Arbeiter von Wien" (Workers of Vienna) on KZbin for inspiration. Solidarity

[@PrometheanGOld4]

I love that anthem, with the "Red Army is the Strongest" tune it's a joy to my ears

[@tomgates3250]

Es ist einfach verrückt, das eine der Weltgrössten Wirtschaftsmächte wie die USA nicht in der Lag ist, ein Problem zu lösen, das andere Länder davor schon längst gelöst haben. It is just strange that one of the biggest economical powers in the world like the USA is not able to solve a problem which was solved by other countries a long time ago.

[@kirillburgardt8626]

Another world where everyone's needs are met is possible. Also, Zohran did an amazing job presenting.

[@zlatko8051]

UBI,M4A,and the future is open to solutions

[@notabene7381]

The right for shelter was secured in the Soviet constitution. Not having permanent residency was legally considered a crime. There were also virtually no empty and unused apartments in the cities: any flat where nobody was registered was immediately lent by the state at a symbolic price to others who needed better living conditions. If a person who had permanent registration could not pay for shelter, nobody had right to evict them, only to demand money through a court. Immediately after the October 1917 Revolution a special program of "compression" ("уплотнение") was enabled: people who had no shelter were settled in flats of those who had large (4, 5 or 6 room) flats with only one room left to previous owners. The flat was declared state property. This led to a large number of shared flats where several families lived simultaneously. Nevertheless, the problem of complete homelessness was mostly solved as anybody could apply for a room or a place in dormitory (the number of shared flats steadily decreased after large-scale residential building program was implemented starting in the 1960s). After the breakup of the USSR and adopting capitalism, the problem of homelessness sharpened dramatically, partially because of the legal vacuum of the early 1990s with some laws contradicting each other and partially because of a high rate of frauds in the realty market. Nevertheless, the state is still obliged to give permanent shelter for free to anybody who needs better living conditions or has no permanent registration, because the right to shelter is still included in the constitution. This may take many years, though. Nobody still has the right to strip a person of permanent residency without their will, even the owner of the apartment. This creates problems for banks because mortgage loans became increasingly popular. Banks are obliged to provide a new, cheaper flat for a person instead of the old one if the person fails to repay the loan, or wait until all people who live in the flat are dead. .

[@popplers5entropy647]

@@notabene7381 great point

[@j.francisward1897]

What qualifies him to present exactly? If a Prager U criticism is they don't have "experts" on (they do) then how is Gravelle any better?

[@brentsievers3293]

Agreed. Best video yet imo

[@shs6849]

I have a rental apartment in social housing complex: 110 square meter, cost 1000 dollar a month, and now when I retire from work, the state pay half of the cost. I'm so content that I live in Denmark.

[@fernandoalarcon8534]

Glad you're content, wish I was a Danish citizen. I hope to visit soon.

[@bartdoo5757]

Where does the state get their money to pay for half?

[@shs6849]

@@bartdoo5757 Taxes, and Denmark is not so corrupt as your country!

[@bartdoo5757]

@@shs6849 Are you saying other citizens pay for your apartment rent?

[@shs6849]

@@bartdoo5757 Just as I had paid taxes for 50 years, that paid for others to have a good life! You know, that's social democracy.

[@LibertarianLeninistRants]

here in east germany we still have a lot of housing cooperatives, the people who live in such an apartment get a stake in the cooperative and help with cleaning and decide on what the paid rent is spent (usually only upkeep, thats why is so cheap). and you can ask everyone who ever lived in such cooperative houses - they are good in quality and way better than if you were to rent from a private landlord

[@tareke586]

Upvoting and boosting so this gets seen - great idea

[@hedgehog3180]

Housing cooperatives are also pretty widespread in Denmark but they've been under pressure by the Neoliberal government for most of the 21st century. I'd hope that things will change now that we finally have a left wing government again but I don't trust the Social Democrats.

[@majl9585]

Yes, as hedgehog says it's the same in Denmark. These places (in Copenhagen for instance) have retained much lower rent while the rent is skyrocketing on the private housing market.

[@raygordonteacheschess5501]

That's called company store here.

[@Parth-hz3bu]

American housing co-op fam checking in 💯

[@GalladofBales]

I actually can't imagine a world where rent is only 4% of my income... everyone I know struggles to afford housing

[@cwindigo6919]

Join The Rent Is Too Damn High Party today.

[@heribertosarmiento1265]

If rent was 4% people would be able to care for their love ones . Let’s do this.

[@raziphaz2219]

I'm so confused, what do they even spend the other 96% on? It really woke me up with how much give away to housing.

[@heribertosarmiento1265]

@@raziphaz2219 traveling as a family,retirement,college , food and daily necessities

[@Tkdestroyer1]

If they pay taxes, then they are paying for their rent in part through taxes, so 4% is going to be an underestimate.

[@TymonBrownTV]

Imagine actually believing that evictions are ethical, or believing that homelessness is a choice - or even worse, something that people deserve. The housing crisis on its own is enough to utterly condemn capitalism.

[@joshuaneff2283]

100%. I feel some capitalism in certain sectors is fine and even a little necessary but when it gets in the way of people's survival then its horrible

[@krieghart5515]

The belief that people are in their poor state by choice absolves those believers of responsibility or guilt, while also bolstering their own ego by making them believe they are responsible for their own fortunate position in life.

[@gregodaniel4632]

o7

[@adancingpieceofbread8109]

my parents sometimes say that homelessness is a choice for some people. How do you counter this point?

[@TahtahmesDiary]

"But some people LIKE being homeless!" is the most annoying line of thought ever. Even if some do, what about the other 99%?!

[@Modus_Pwnin]

As an American homeless person (one of MANY), I thank you for making content like this. PLEASE continue educating and maybe one day we can eradicate the disease that plagues the world. POWER TO THE PEOPLE, POWER TO THE WORKING CLASS

[@bartdoo5757]

Gravel should do a video on the public housing in America if the government does it so well.

[@shadowwhogames6063]

America is so rich that the federal government could implement these solutions by changing the way they already spend money, Bart. Our government simply will not :/

[@balabanasireti]

Didn't ask

[@JakobHill]

Have you gotten a job yet, hobo?

[@keegancurry2593]

There's seems to be a general perception that social housing is only fiscally possible in less desirable areas, bit Vienna is one of the most beautiful vibrant cities in Europe. Amazing to see what's possible when we don't let the very visible manipulation behind the "invisible hand" of the market dictate how we treat our fellow man.

[@skylex157]

My man, you and everyone is part of the invisible hand, if it is easier to fins housing in less desireble areas, is because everyone thinks so, democracy on its greatest exponent

[@do-hz4qb]

This video doesn't get into what is causing low housing supply in the US. It just says but Capitalism isn't fair. We don't even let Capitalism work in the housing market due to exorbitant fees and regulations to build new housing. The solution is actually very simple and doesn't require more than half of the people to rent Government apartments. I don't want to rent. I want to BUY. I would fully support Federal legislation to allow for much lower fees and regulations to build housing IF that housing is within 800-1500 sq feet. Local Governments want high fees to pay for new schools and new roads. So have the Federal Government pay for the new schools and roads, IF new units are built to fill the demands of the lower end of the market, which is in the greatest need. And I will buy one of these privately built units, that developers can then afford to build. Again, I don't want to rent a cheap (but nicer) Government apartment. I want to buy a more affordable privately built smaller home, that became available because private developers don't have to pay a large percent of the homes value in fees in order to build that home.

[@Zeethos]

@@do-hz4qb Renting social housing in Vienna is essentially owning that unit. You're there for life, as long as you want to live in it, and it's considered so nice that when people do climb out of lower economic status they stay in the unit. Your private home in the suburbs will open up when people are capable of living in the city affordably.

[@lisakukla459]

Before you say, "Yeah, but he's only talking about big cities," take a look at RV parks in metro and rural areas. They're overflowing with long-term residents, and the rates have steadily gone up and up over the past year especially. That's a damn clear indication that there's a massive problem.

[@RayrayGumiChan]

Yep I'm one of those. The RV park we are in is full 100% all the time since the pandemic. I don't want to live here but there is literally no other choice.

[@lisakukla459]

@@RayrayGumiChan Yes, same here. What state are you in? I'm in Oklahoma. During the shutdown they immediately began cramming in more sites, and as if it wasn't enough to more than double the number of rent checks they receive every month, they hiked up rent amount, too. They haven't stopped expanding, either. There's at least 5x more sites now, and as soon as the concrete is dry, they've already got someone ready to pull in. I don't want to be here, either. Who wants to live in a parking lot?? I'd give anything to have my own little spot where I could have a garden and finally know what security and stability feel like. I'm even considering making an offer on a burned down place, because I'm priced out of everything else. How can you save when more than half your income goes to rent??

[@RayrayGumiChan]

@@lisakukla459 Whoa exactly how Im feeling. I'm from florida and I hope you can fix up the place if you do get it!

[@lisakukla459]

@@RayrayGumiChan Thanks. I hope you find a way into something better, too. I figure, I'm already used to living in

[@qualia8892]

Yep, I can't wait to live in a communal apartment

[@DvS2171]

I'm a Union Pipefitter, and I want to help build affordable housing for everyone.

[@joshuaneff2283]

Maybe some day you'll be able to

[@jackvac1918]

It's not even about the lack of housing. There's plenty of empty housing that are used purely to speculate on property prices by Singaporean trust fund babies who probably will never even set eyes on them. It's when they become speculative property and assets to extract rent with, and are combined with cheap credit to substitute for shoestring wages, that even modest properties can become ridiculously expensive.

[@Alex-ek5mp]

@@jackvac1918 We must destroy the practice of landlording! It would certainly help :)

[@hexeddecimals]

Your work is appreciated!

[@tareke586]

To a better society!

[@rddsknk89]

This video is absolutely crushing. Not because I don’t think it’s a good idea (I think it’s an amazing idea actually), but because I know this won’t happen across the US in my lifetime, or ever. Whenever the word “social” is involved anywhere in a program, alarm bells go off in the minds of millions of Americans. They simply can’t fathom the fact that publicly owned operations can be better and cheaper than rampant capitalism. It’s depressing to know what is possible but will never happen because of ignorant citizens and decades of anti-socialist propaganda.

[@fatherson5907]

This BS hs never worked and never will. Sorry that you are too lazy to work.

[@andrewreynolds912]

Yea as an american gen z socialist it's possible it could happen in my time but I don't think so unless I try to start becoming more on seeing if anti aging and age reversing becomes big because the funding it's gonna keep getting bigger and more are gonna need it

[@OzCroc]

B-but... Socialism is when no iPhone... /s if you couldn't tell lol

[@marspower1288]

socialism is when little iphone, the less iphone the more socialist it is, and when no iphone at all its communism

[@NinjaThatLongboards]

Hit em with the "every technology in your iPhone was initially developed with tax dollars"

[@hectorcm2063]

Socialism is when Venezuela

[@bobdylan1015]

Big government Venezuela iPhone 100 gigatrillion dead

[@gregodaniel4632]

haha lmao

[@TheMaximan97]

Ending homelessness should be a fundamental bedrock of humanity. It affects everything. Jobs, productivity, mental health, physical health, and fundamental respect for fellow humans

[@willdbeast1523]

Agreed. The underclasses don't make very good wage slaves when they are homeless and can't spend their money on consumeristic crap, so it's imperative we fix it.

[@DragonXflyer]

If America wants to be Pro-Life than homes, medical and education should be a foundation of society. Yet Pro-Life as it exists right now seems to only be a talking point to argue against socialism... it doesn't make any sense!

[@ellengran6814]

Americans have the right to speech and kill. The rest of the developed world has the right to education, healthcare , healthy food and housing.

[@MrGoodeats]

@@DragonXflyer Pro-Life is not a “talking point” to argue against socialism people have different beliefs that you and think it is genuinely wrong to take the life away from a fetus bc it is the same as taking the life away from a born baby in some people’s eyes. Socialism in and of itself is literally just a talking point - it is the fantasy of a delusional ideologue who does not have any grasp on reality.

[@amandap9332]

@@MrGoodeats the pro lifers only care until that child is born, then its fend for yourself. If they actually cared about being pro life they would mean all life, not just unborn babies.

[@fatlady]

I was born and have lived in Vienna for 60 years. I live in one of the social housing. The house was built in 1930 and I pay € 230 rent a month plus € 25 for energy. The energy company also belongs to the city. The apartment has about 60 m². My monthly pre-tax income is around € 3,300. I am happy! FRIENDSHIP (Greetings from the Socialists)

[@nuzlockecomics5440]

Necessities for survival being locked behind a paywall is some EA-type shit

[@donxx1206]

Ea is the most capitalists company in the world (change my mind)

[@IdiotOfTheFVariety]

@@donxx1206 Try Nestle, who thinks water deserves to be commodified

[@notabene7381]

The right for shelter was secured in the Soviet constitution. Not having permanent residency was legally considered a crime. There were also virtually no empty and unused apartments in the cities: any flat where nobody was registered was immediately lent by the state at a symbolic price to others who needed better living conditions. If a person who had permanent registration could not pay for shelter, nobody had right to evict them, only to demand money through a court. Immediately after the October 1917 Revolution a special program of "compression" ("уплотнение") was enabled: people who had no shelter were settled in flats of those who had large (4, 5 or 6 room) flats with only one room left to previous owners. The flat was declared state property. This led to a large number of shared flats where several families lived simultaneously. Nevertheless, the problem of complete homelessness was mostly solved as anybody could apply for a room or a place in dormitory (the number of shared flats steadily decreased after large-scale residential building program was implemented starting in the 1960s). After the breakup of the USSR and adopting capitalism, the problem of homelessness sharpened dramatically, partially because of the legal vacuum of the early 1990s with some laws contradicting each other and partially because of a high rate of frauds in the realty market. Nevertheless, the state is still obliged to give permanent shelter for free to anybody who needs better living conditions or has no permanent registration, because the right to shelter is still included in the constitution. This may take many years, though. Nobody still has the right to strip a person of permanent residency without their will, even the owner of the apartment. This creates problems for banks because mortgage loans became increasingly popular. Banks are obliged to provide a new, cheaper flat for a person instead of the old one if the person fails to repay the loan, or wait until all people who live in the flat are dead. .

[@monchete9934]

A lot of shit in the videogame industry is caused by capitalism. Terrible monetization practices that take a leaf out of real-life gambling, absurd gameplay loops that feel like jobs, AAA companies playing it safe at the cost of product quality without losing that much profit, etc... EA is a saint compared to what other companies pull off

[@AzrothBoi]

@@IdiotOfTheFVariety I was just about to say Nestle and their slave labor.

[@jrchase2837]

It's definitely a crises. After my wife left me, I found myself homeless. It took nearly two years of eating every third day to save up enough for this dilapidated apartment I'm in, which takes 3/4 of my income to stay. I'm about to quit my job with the sentence "I can easily be hungry & homeless without this job." because, quite frankly, it's true.

[@isaac161000]

It is insane that the United States has the ability to provide shelter, food, fresh water, and healthcare to its citizens, but It chooses not to.

[@comradefreedom8275]

I agree completely.

[@AlaskafishStudios]

The Gravel Institute needs more views.

[@goldwater1984]

The gravel institute is for people with idiotic dreams of utopia.

[@NinjaThatLongboards]

@@goldwater1984 except that they provide examples of their views actually working

[@hectorcm2063]

@@goldwater1984 cry

[@frocco7125]

I will give them some!

[@theflaggeddragon9472]

@@goldwater1984 LOL are you an oligarch?

[@julianschmid4923]

Couldn’t believe my eyes when the legendary gravel institute was talking about my city! Love your work. Solidarity from Vienna!🤟🚩

[@matthewarnold4557]

Okay, anecdotal fact check. How does the social housing program do in your opinion?

[@thekonsti4712]

@@matthewarnold4557 I live in Vienna as a university student and I can say it's really amazing

[@matthewarnold4557]

@@thekonsti4712 I'm happy for you. I live in the state of New York. Which is known as one of the more liberal states. And the best we have is the excelsior program. Which will pay for up to 8 years of higher education to any New York State resident. However they have to live in New York after they graduate for the amount of time they were in school. It's a decent program but such a far cry from what are European counterparts enjoy

[@ViennaGuy2000]

@@matthewarnold4557 I've lived in Vienna for decades, and the social housing program does great. Not only does it provide low-cost rental properties for people of average means, but apartment buildings are also sometimes privatized. Not privatized like in the US, but the people who have lived there a long time (usually you have to have lived there for like 10 years to keep speculators out) are given first right of purchase, and their years of rent are used as "pre-paid" down payment, so they can afford to buy. This allows more people to become homeowners, which not only allows them to build wealth but also strengthens the community. Karl Marx Hof (in the video) was a singular kind of public housing project. The vast majority of buildings are nice, but not so extravagant. Note as well that it is not just for individuals. I have my office in a mixed-use public housing building. The ground floor is only for shops, the first floor ["2nd floor" in the US] is mixed with apartments and offices, and the other 5 floors are only apartments. As a Viennese business in good standing (long time in business, never any back taxes) I was able to get an office here at less than 1/2 the square meter rental price my previous office, which was on the same street and of the same quality. Huge savings. It took longer to move in as I had to wait on approval while they checked out my company, but that was the only "disadvantage." I could go on and on about the advantages for me as a business owner and as part of the community. [edit - mixed up ground and first floor]

[@monalisa7954]

@@ViennaGuy2000 wow I wish I can move there once I’m 18

[@Riggsnic_co]

Back in the day, when I purchased my first home to live-in; that was Miami in the early 1990s, first mortgages with rates of 8 to 9% and 9% to 10% were typical. People will have to accept the possibility that we won't ever return to 3%. If sellers must sell, home prices will have to decline, and lower evaluations will follow. Pretty sure I'm not alone in my chain of thoughts.

[@audeywolsh]

If anything, it'll get worse. Very soon, affordable housing will no longer be affordable. So anything anyone want to do, I will advise they do it now because the prices today will look like dips tomorrow. Until the Fed clamps down even further, I think we're going to see hysteria due to rampant inflation. You can't halfway rip the band-aid off.

[@maga_zineng7810]

Home prices will come down eventually, but for now; get your money (as much as you can) out of the housing market and get into the financial markets or gold. The new mortgage rates are crazy, add to that the recession and the fact that mortgage guidelines are getting more difficult. Home prices will need to fall by a minimum of 40% (more like 50%) before the market normalizes.If you are in cross roads or need sincere advise on the best moves to take now its best you seek an independent advisor who knows about the financial markets.

[@Mohaimam316]

I will be happy getting assistance and glad to get the help of one, but just how can one spot a reputable one?

[@maga_zineng7810]

When ‘Carol Vivian Constable’ is trading, there's no nonsense and no excuses. She wins the trade and you win. Take the loss, I promise she'll take one with you.

[@Mohaimam316]

Thanks, I just googled her and I'm really impressed with her credentials; I reached out to her since I need all the assistance I can get. I just scheduled a call.

[@Tazato]

Jobs programs that aren't the military, desirable public housing, Medicare for all

[@SCHRODINGERS_WHORE]

Trade schools for everyone who wants it

[@anthonycekic4509]

@@SCHRODINGERS_WHORE education in general for those who want it.

[@xxcrysad3000xx]

Public housing is not very good. Better to turn existing Section 8 housing vouchers into entitlements for everyone who qualifies, instead of the way we do it now, where access to the program is constrained by the program's budget. You'd also have to make it so that every landlord has to accept the vouchers. That or you could give people a check so it wouldn't be an issue.

[@Tazato]

@@xxcrysad3000xx vouchers don't work for schools they won't work for housing. Artificially adding people to a profit driven market only inflates the exploitation that happens and causes resentment among neighbors who "earned it". De-stigmatizing housing is a large part of the equation that vouchers don't address. Housing needs to be a human right in America and you need to remove the profit motive for that to happen.

[@xxcrysad3000xx]

Maybe in a more democratically socialist country public housing might actually work as it's proponents say it would, but we don't live in such a society. Vouchers have a pretty good track record getting families into housing within their means. We could give all low income families who qualify Section 8 vouchers that can be used anywhere in a city, state, or the country, and it would be a lot cheaper than building a lot of new public housing units that have to be managed, maintained, ect. Public housing doesn't have a great track record either. Concentrating all low-income, poor, and homeless people in need of affordable housing into public housing projects does not work to their benefit. Better to give people cash, and let those people move wherever they want with it. I agree that vouchers for schools don't work, but vouchers for housing works really well.

[@UriskOfTheFae]

I'm lucky enough to be able to live with my parents for the foreseeable future, but the idea of decent affordable housing actually brought me to tears.

[@-._.-KRiS-._.-]

My 60-year-old father is living with his parents right now. Times are tough.

[@galerus3776]

I'm living with my parents at 21 and paying off the mortgage.

[@TheSkepticSkwerl]

They want you scared so you'll become a worker bee

[@LK-pc4sq]

@@galerus3776 You are young many Americans are living with parents due to extremely unaforrdable housing. Government is just poring more water on the fire and its causig more homelessness.s

[@sassyviking6003]

I feel this in a big way. I lived with my parents for a couple years after college. I was very lucky and got a well paying job that allowed me to move out despite high rent near my job (i am an engineer for a large company) but being able to pay a third or less what I do in rent, as described in the video, would be huge even for me, and I am well aware how so many, especially in my age group, are less fortunate than I and could not afford a fancy apartment like mine.

[@wilekrowan3610]

Housing is a human right.

[@joshuaijaola2145]

based

[@timur2193]

based and housingpilled

[@alexsmith2910]

Health care is a human right, too! :)

[@tacoman125]

Education is a human right.

[@IWLDELJ]

No. It isn't. To say such a thing is an outright admission of a misunderstanding of not only rights, but of reality.

[@illjahavrylenko4011]

The reason rent prices is high in New York is because it's the only walkable city in USA. Other cities banned building anything other than single family houses. And those can never be affordable

[@infantebenji]

That’s why I love New York City , every major cities in America should use it as an examples but the average person are idiots who are not deep thinkers or greedy selfish people .

[@justinmoreno3139]

Honey wake up, new Gravel Institute video just dropped

[@frocco7125]

LETSGOOO

[@mcbaws21]

LETS GOOOOO do more community stuff like polls to increase user interactions, it’ll boost your position in the algorithm

[@joshuaneff2283]

They need to do this

[@IdiotOfTheFVariety]

Hell yeah

[@notabene7381]

A kapo or prisoner functionary (German: Funktionshäftling) was a prisoner in a Nazi camp who was assigned by the SS guards to supervise forced labor or carry out administrative tasks. Also called "prisoner self-administration" (German: Häftlingsselbstverwaltung), the prisoner functionary system minimized costs by allowing camps to function with fewer SS personnel. The system was designed to turn victim against victim, as the prisoner functionaries were pitted against their fellow prisoners in order to maintain the favor of their SS overseers. If they were derelict, they would be returned to the status of ordinary prisoners and be subject to other kapos. Many prisoner functionaries were recruited from the ranks of violent criminal gangs rather than from the more numerous political, religious, and racial prisoners; such criminal convicts were known for their brutality toward other prisoners. This brutality was tolerated by the SS and was an integral part of the camp system. Prisoner functionaries were spared physical abuse and hard labor, provided they performed their duties to the satisfaction of the SS functionaries. They also had access to certain privileges, such as civilian clothes and a private room. The SS used domination and terror to control the camps' large populations with just a few SS functionaries. The system of prisoner guards was a key instrument of domination, and was commonly called "prisoner self-government" in SS parlance. The camp draconian rules, constant threat of beatings, humiliation, punishment, and the practice of punishing whole groups for the actions of one prisoner were psychological and physical torments on top of the starvation, and physical exhaustion from back-breaking labor. Prisoner guards were used to push other inmates to work harder, saving the need for paid SS supervision. Many kapos felt caught in the middle, being both victims and perpetrators. Though kapos generally had a bad reputation, many suffered guilt about their actions, both at the time and after the war, as revealed in a book about Jewish kapos. Many prisoner functionaries, primarily from the ranks of the "greens" or criminal prisoners, could be quite ruthless in order to justify their privileges, especially when an SS man was around. They also played an active role in the beatings, even killing fellow prisoners. Some guards were personally involved in the mass murder of other prisoners. An eager prisoner functionary could have a camp "career" as an SS favorite and be promoted from Kapo to Oberkapo and eventually to Lagerältester, but he could also just as easily run foul of the SS and be sent to the gas chambers. "The moment he becomes a Kapo, he no longer sleeps with them. He is held accountable for the performance of the work, that they are clean, that the beds are well-built. [...] So, he must drive his men. The moment we become dissatisfied with him, he is no longer Kapo, he's back to sleeping with his men. And he knows that he will be beaten to death by them the first night." - Heinrich Himmler, June 1944

[@andrejparunovic]

REPLYING TO COMMENT - so algorithm sends it up, so Gravel Ins. sees it.

[@tareke586]

YES DO THIS IT HELPS A LOT!

[@ssolano7535]

More power to The Gravel Institute. Yall spittin truth.

[@krushfield]

I visited Vienna a few years ago. There was A LOT of young people in their 20's walking around... a lot. Young people really can't afford to live in the big cities of America.

[@hunterford245]

Not to mention that the estimated cost to end homelessness was estimated to be like $20 billion in 2013 by HUD, and since then our U.S. imperialism budget has increased by over $100 billion annually.

[@a_human8489]

“U.S imperialism budget” I’m gonna use that more

[@calmexit6483]

You know that’s a low ball estimate. This video refuses to acknowledge the reasons why many people are actually homeless. It’s not just that they can’t pay their rent. It’s more often times the result of drug abuse, prior convictions or mental health issues. This is pretending to be some sort of messiah solution but it’s the same deaf tone noise as PragerU BS.

[@xXxXboxROXxX]

@@calmexit6483 Why should prior convictions mean you shouldn't get housing? Why should mental illness mean you shouldn't get housing? Why should drug abuse mean you shouldn't get housing?

[@calmexit6483]

@@xXxXboxROXxX prior convictions shouldn’t be a massive factor if the person is rehabilitated and is a functional member of society, I’ll agree. But for the other ones? Come on bro, you need to be able to maintain owning a home. This is common sense. I agree that everyone should get housing, but this video is claiming that the only reason why homelessness exists is due to the great evils of capitalism. That’s why I hate political ideologies as a whole. It’s not about problems and solutions, it’s about maintaining ones political belief system and making all problems fit through the lenses of that ideologies world view. It operates like a fucking religion. That’s why I’m against both left and right wing ideas. We need to move forward and stop idolizing the diluted writings of the past (Marx included).

[@a_human8489]

@@calmexit6483 whilst true in some cases it’s not the universal case and in many cases the drugs and alcohol come after the homelessness. Give people a stable footing and when they you how they can repay you tell them to be better. For a lot of people that commitment is enough to kick that with some help. These people are not guilty they’re the victims.

[@jorgecastro307]

"Housing doesn't have to be seen as a market at all". Fuck yeah!

[@thef0urth326]

Why can't there be a market for housing? Everyone can guaranteed a home, sure, but what if I want a home in a more rural part of the country? You take the market out of it, and you remove a lot of choice.

[@deptusmechanikus7362]

Hey, that's not how you capitalism around here

[@theoceansandbox2712]

For rural people, your current choice is a house that you can’t afford, and the street. I’d take social housing any day of the week.

[@thef0urth326]

@@theoceansandbox2712 Then you can live in your social housing, that's fine. I'm not necessarily opposed to it. What I am opposed to is it being the ONLY option. I don't want to be stacked on top of a bunch of different people if I can afford a a real house and some land. If that's so wrong, then so be it.

[@theoceansandbox2712]

That I will agree with.

[@jacobgutierrez864]

Damn these socialists seem pretty cool

[@captinp3anuts]

u know it fam

[@gregodaniel4632]

haha

[@hewhomustnotbenamed5912]

Yea, perhaps we should all be socialists. Thank goodness the US government doesn't put socialists on a watch list so that they know how to best suppress the ideology without being caught. Oh wait!

[@notabene7381]

The right for shelter was secured in the Soviet constitution. Not having permanent residency was legally considered a crime. There were also virtually no empty and unused apartments in the cities: any flat where nobody was registered was immediately lent by the state at a symbolic price to others who needed better living conditions. If a person who had permanent registration could not pay for shelter, nobody had right to evict them, only to demand money through a court. Immediately after the October 1917 Revolution a special program of "compression" ("уплотнение") was enabled: people who had no shelter were settled in flats of those who had large (4, 5 or 6 room) flats with only one room left to previous owners. The flat was declared state property. This led to a large number of shared flats where several families lived simultaneously. Nevertheless, the problem of complete homelessness was mostly solved as anybody could apply for a room or a place in dormitory (the number of shared flats steadily decreased after large-scale residential building program was implemented starting in the 1960s). After the breakup of the USSR and adopting capitalism, the problem of homelessness sharpened dramatically, partially because of the legal vacuum of the early 1990s with some laws contradicting each other and partially because of a high rate of frauds in the realty market. Nevertheless, the state is still obliged to give permanent shelter for free to anybody who needs better living conditions or has no permanent registration, because the right to shelter is still included in the constitution. This may take many years, though. Nobody still has the right to strip a person of permanent residency without their will, even the owner of the apartment. This creates problems for banks because mortgage loans became increasingly popular. Banks are obliged to provide a new, cheaper flat for a person instead of the old one if the person fails to repay the loan, or wait until all people who live in the flat are dead. .

[@tidmarshXC]

Ya we do

[@Intranetusa]

It is conveniently left out that Soviet Union solved the housing issue by restricting where people could move to. You could only live and work in the district where the government assigned you to, and that is how their government could then predict where housing is needed to build mass housing in those areas. This is nearly impossible if people can move anywhere they want. In the USA, a part of the problem is government regulations in the form of NIMBY laws that prevent construction of mass housing. States like New York, California, Texas, etc have counties that pass laws preventing the construction of duplex, triplex, townhouses, etc and higher density housing.

[@lasertagdreamer]

Not quite like that. On the contrary, people could move to another city if they found a job there (the employer provided documents for registration in the city and the simplest social housing for the common residence of men, women or families separately). Isn't that logical? Why would you settle in the city and be homeless and unemployed? No one was forbidden to visit other cities for entertainment or business. But in order to stay for a long time, it was necessary to find a job.

[@ErikNiceBoy]

"If people can have houses for free and aren't fearing for their lives, then no ones gonna want to work. I'm a very good person." - Some chud

[@violentram6235]

I just say “just because you’re an arsehole, that doesn’t mean everyone else is”

[@sailorspaghetti2376]

What I point out usually is that if you as an employer are unable to keep employees without the threat of death and homelessness driving them, then perhaps it's time to change the conditions in your workplace.

[@jaduyare]

For free... that's not how taxes or labor works. That's how slave labor works. But put your money where your mouth is and build me a house, no charge. If you refuse, you're inhumane and greedy.

[@evergreen6638]

@@jaduyare Lmao you actually thought you knew what you were talking about

[@jaduyare]

@@evergreen6638 Sure, financed via taxation =/= free and consensual.

[@Stonewren]

Ayoo algorithm magic here we goooooooo

[@KcarlMarXs]

Something like this? Imagine not commenting: ""“Minecraft" "ASMR" "pewdiepie" "music" "Fortnite" "markiplier" “KZbin is a perfectly balanced game with no exploits.” "Runescape" "World of Warcraft" "Shadowlands" "Dream" "MrBeast" "Warzone" "FaZe Clan" "100 Thieves" "Call of Duty" "Pokemon" "Pokemon cards" "card unboxing" "Charizard" "they don't want you to know" "Flat earth" "round earth" "triangle earth" "the earth is not earth" "what even is earth if not earth omg government is lying to you" "Minecraft" "ASMR" "pewdiepie" "music" "Fortnite" "markiplier" “KZbin is a perfectly balanced game with no exploits.” "Runescape" "World of Warcraft" "Shadowlands" "COCK PENIS" "MrBeast" "Warzone" "FaZe Clan" "100 Thieves" "Call of Duty" "Pokemon" "Halo" "Devil may cry" “KZbin is a perfectly balanced game with no exploits.” “Cocomelon” “t series” “Minecraft" "ASMR" "pewdiepie" "music" "Fortnite" "markiplier" “KZbin is a perfectly balanced game with no exploits.” "Runescape" "World of Warcraft" "Shadowlands" "Dream" "MrBeast" "Warzone" "FaZe Clan" "100 Thieves" "Call of Duty" "Pokemon" "Pokemon cards" "card unboxing" "Charizard" "they don't want you to know" "Flat earth" "round earth" "triangle earth" "the earth is not earth" "what even is earth if not earth omg government is lying to you" "Minecraft" "ASMR" "pewdiepie" "music" "Fortnite" "markiplier" “KZbin is a perfectly balanced game with no exploits.” "Runescape" "World of Warcraft" "Shadowlands" "Dream" "MrBeast" "Warzone" "FaZe Clan" "100 Thieves" "Call of Duty" "Pokemon" "Halo" "Devil may cry" “KZbin is a perfectly balanced game with no exploits.” “Cocomelon” “t series”

[@crazymulgogi]

Is it thee, oh mighty Al-Gore-Rhythm?

[@nikste23]

"Minecraft" "asmr" "pewdiepie" "music" "fortnite" "markiplier" "KZbin is a perfectly balanced game with no exploits." "Runescape" "World of Warcraft" "Shadowlands" "Dream" "MrBeast" "Warzone" "Faze Clan" "100 Thieves" "Call of Duty" "Pokemon" "Pokemon cards" "card unboxing" "charizard" "they don't want you to know" "triangle earth" "earth is not earth" "what even is earth if not earth omg government is lying to you" "minecraft" "asmr" "pewdiepie" "music" "fortnite" "markiplier" "KZbin is a perfectly balanced game with no exploits." "Runescape" "Shadowlands" "Dream" "MrBeast" "Warzone" earth" "round earth" "Faze Clan" "100 Thieves" "Call of Duty" "Pokemon" "Halo" "KZbin is a perfectly balanced game with no exploits." "Cocomelon

[@pedrotp9825]

Algorithm will provide housing for everyone

[@erikbot42]

Algorithm Algorithm Algorithm Algorithm

[@artu262]

Housing is a human right. We have enough homes for everyone.

[@notabene7381]

The right for shelter was secured in the Soviet constitution. Not having permanent residency was legally considered a crime. There were also virtually no empty and unused apartments in the cities: any flat where nobody was registered was immediately lent by the state at a symbolic price to others who needed better living conditions. If a person who had permanent registration could not pay for shelter, nobody had right to evict them, only to demand money through a court. Immediately after the October 1917 Revolution a special program of "compression" ("уплотнение") was enabled: people who had no shelter were settled in flats of those who had large (4, 5 or 6 room) flats with only one room left to previous owners. The flat was declared state property. This led to a large number of shared flats where several families lived simultaneously. Nevertheless, the problem of complete homelessness was mostly solved as anybody could apply for a room or a place in dormitory (the number of shared flats steadily decreased after large-scale residential building program was implemented starting in the 1960s). After the breakup of the USSR and adopting capitalism, the problem of homelessness sharpened dramatically, partially because of the legal vacuum of the early 1990s with some laws contradicting each other and partially because of a high rate of frauds in the realty market. Nevertheless, the state is still obliged to give permanent shelter for free to anybody who needs better living conditions or has no permanent registration, because the right to shelter is still included in the constitution. This may take many years, though. Nobody still has the right to strip a person of permanent residency without their will, even the owner of the apartment. This creates problems for banks because mortgage loans became increasingly popular. Banks are obliged to provide a new, cheaper flat for a person instead of the old one if the person fails to repay the loan, or wait until all people who live in the flat are dead. .

[@frocco7125]

In America, housing is not a human right. ...that's the problem.

[@epix4300]

You know nothing about economics...

[@artu262]

@@epix4300 You probably think that "economy" means "line that says the poor should starve/freeze to death". Go retake econ 101 in some dumb liberal college

[@samp9418]

Amen! Empty housing outnumbers the homeless nearly 6 to 1

[@azaleacolburn]

Solidarity forever, I couldn’t agree more comrade

[@paulbachmann1383]

Vienna is such a beautiful example. Because of their history, it is one of the only cities in middle europe not suffering from a housing crisis!

[@hc6157]

it really is despicable that we live in a “developed” country that is completely uninterested in solving homelessness

[@Billsbob]

It is really despicable how people who don’t contribute can so eagerly insist that others give them everything.

[@ImmaDBZvillan]

@@Billsbob did you see the part where 100,000 students are homeless in New York City alone?

[@callidusvulpes5556]

@@Billsbob it is really despicable that people don’t understand how cheap it would be to provide housing to the homeless. I know you don’t want to “give people everything”, but housing would only be a few billion which compared to how our spending is scaled that’s only a few dollars per person to solve a huge problem. The amount of people it would help that are homeless due to laziness is very negligible and honestly it would be statistically a waste of time to even factor them in considering how cheap the policy is to enact and how few of them exist.

[@allysonbeaulieu7351]

instead, it vilifies them :(

[@abbaszaffarkhan1872]

@@Billsbob what the fuck do you think taxes are

[@ueuuehhh9748]

Channels like this give me hope. We will continue to raise class consciousness because a better world is possible and necessary.

[@jenguskhan5537]

This guys smile is just so damn infectious.

[@incoherentramblings8451]

Let’s go I love the gravel institute

[@o0Avalon0o]

I'm here for it; this channel is amazing!

[@comradefreedom8275]

Replying for the algorithm.

[@projectsixam1579]

I've come to realize that part of why I really like the Gravel Institute's presentations so much is that, unlike PragerU, you guys keep talking about what's possible. I come away feeling a sense of hope for the future when I'm otherwise a rather politically glum person, not really seeing much hope in America's future. Thanks, G.I. You're the real MVP.

[@shatterquartz]

You raise a good point: at the end of the day, the message of conservatism is that no, things can't be improved on, it's not going to get any better, keep your head down and be grateful to your betters for what few crumbs they deign to drop your way. It's resignation packaged as realism. All the improvements to society throughout history have been the result of people ignoring the advocates of despair and rolling up their sleeves. It's all the more ironic to have conservatives in a country like the US, which wouldn't exist in the first place if conservatives had been listened to.

[@bluesage7744]

Thats amazing dude, thank you for that thought, hope you dont mind if i copy it, you've inspired me!

[@_tablearmy_]

Plus Gravel acutally have real people instead of weird actors. Like does anyone remember their BLM video. Spolier alert: the dudes got 13 kids and I have no fucking idea how or why

[@zarabatanaproductions9240]

Have you seen the “trailer” for pragerU vs the gravel institute one? PragerU comes off as a fucking cult and the gravel institute one makes you feel motivated for change

[@channelremoved32]

"a society that allows someone to starve when there is food has failed"

[@frocco7125]

tru

[@ProbotX-eo5ln]

Why? That person needs to work harder and smarter.

[@pucciox40]

@@ProbotX-eo5ln What is wrong with you? Edit: ok you must be sarcastic lol, but this is the internet so you never know

[@megamillion5852]

It's nothing short of terrifying that there are people who would refute this.

[@frocco7125]

@@ProbotX-eo5ln Individual improovements only solve individual issues. They do not solve societal issues. The easier and more effective long-term solution would be to actually improove the government and institutions of our society to better provide for the needs of him and all other souls.

[@dyrefate]

Very inspiring to see a politician who actually cares about people's needs.

[@olivernorth7418]

I am helping the spread of this video by commenting this

[@raz8752]

Oliver North comment fuel

[@NinjaThatLongboards]

Prager U: we need statues of gen Lee because he crushed a slave revolt Gravel Institute: let's make sure everyone has a home

[@raz8752]

anarchy deluxe clearly Gravel Institute is the evil one in this situation. Imagine wanting people to live decent lives where they don’t die on the streets homeless

[@sinthoras1917]

They should make a video celebrating John brown

[@williamgarcia1417]

That sounds so disingenuous, I'm sure they never insinuated what you wrote

[@koltonstubbs3533]

@@williamgarcia1417 oh my sweet summer child, watch Prager's video on why Robert E Lee's statue should stay up. It will truly blow your mind

[@hedgehog3180]

@@williamgarcia1417 This isn't even close to the worst thing PragerU has done, one of their presenters is literally a Neo-Nazi, as in he literally said that he thinks Hitler was right. It wasn't a joke, he didn't claim it was a joke he literally just said that Hitler was right.

[@michaeljf6472]

As an architecture student: The ideals of public housing, that shared community with plenty social spaces, egalitarian conditions, publicly shared areas... when done well actually leads to happier life than any kind of wealthy, fenced off luxury homes.

[@skillman46]

Your district is Astoria, Queens where I grew up and currently live. My family is third generation. The vast majority of my friends moved away after college because they found the area either too expensive or not meeting their housing needs. It wasn’t the end of the world. Many moved back to the area after their kids finished school or reached retirement. The “issue” of homelessness didn’t start to appear until late 70’s Carey Vs. Callahan or vise versa. I would love to live on Central Park West but I would never look to somebody else to flip the bill. If you can’t afford an area or even a city than you should move to a place you can afford, as people did in the past. I enjoy your videos and agree with much of what The Gravel Institute stands for and is doing except with this housing video. Thank you and keep up the good work.

[@m00ncl0udzzzzz]

Me and my partner were lucky enough to get into a social housing program in a big city in America, where 800 square ft studio apartments can run you $1000/month. They had to wait over a year on a waiting list to get in, and we were able to get in right before COVID hit. Social housing saved us. Without it, I don’t know where we’d be - we’d be absolutely screwed. I’m a college student with 2 jobs, and my partner works too - we are not “lazy” or looking for handouts or whatever - everyone deserves housing. I’m so thankful for the program, despite its flaws. Because if it, I’ve been able to afford to stay in school and pursue a better life.

[@ewanw5654]

That guy is so likeable, he’s literally sitting describing extreme poverty and I’m smiling along

[@adolfodef]

He put all of his points on CHArisma. His videos are _magical_ . . . -> Beware, he is either a sorceror (ilusions) or a warlock (charms).

[@quisqueyancomrade4968]

I genuenly love the contrast between PragerU and the Gravel institute: The Gravel institute talks about a problem, it's context and shows solutions and comparisons, meanwhile PragerU shows you a problem and it shows you how to hate it through lack of context.

[@azaleacolburn]

I’m my neighborhood in Portland Oregon, there are several expensive apartment buildings on the same intersection, all with signs indicating vacancy, yet there are homeless people right outside them sleeping on the street. We don’t have a housing crisis, we have a housing distribution crisis.

[@Katherout]

JUST SO GOOD!! my favorite channel on youtube. you've done it again gravel institute

[@davidmurray2964]

Don't let your subscribers find out!

[@keeplearning4L]

@@davidmurray2964 if anything she should tell them

[@maxbarlow3267]

Won’t get cancelled for leftist views but if you’re a conservative no way you shouldn’t have an opinion

[@keeplearning4L]

@@maxbarlow3267 what

[@maxbarlow3267]

@@keeplearning4L if you have conservative views you get cancelled but leftists are fine. I’m conservative

[@ulyssesgrant5693]

"And homeless near a thousand homes I stood, and near a thousand tables pined and wanted food." - William Wordsworth

[@marshall8305]

This reminds me of the time socialist policies got us out of the Great Depression, and when we started reversing Great Depression policies like the Glass-Steagal act, we ran into the 2008 recession.

[@tardlyfe3571]

Didn't FDR's policies prolong the depression in hindsight?

[@jakethebaker6946]

To be a bit pedantic, the new deal still wasn’t socialism. It was *social democracy.*

[@purplepotatoes9255]

@@tardlyfe3571 soon after he implemented his policies, the depression got better. It's safe to say that he did good.

[@bforthigh1617]

It helped the American people that were in need and created the middle class.

[@IWLDELJ]

@@purplepotatoes9255 No, it isn't safe at all. You people are proudly economically illiterate.

[@listeningmiddle7446]

the problem with that is MINDSET of Americans. They look down on these public housings, just as they look down on public transportations. they don't want to be transformed into "socialist" America, nor social-democratic America. Plus other homeless would rather exercise their freedom to live in the streets than pay high for a house.

[@ni.ko3869]

those houses and their accessibility were so beautiful i got tears in my eyes

[@comradefreedom8275]

I agree. Very beautiful what people can do when we join in solidarity.

[@bluesage7744]

same

[@Dennis-nc3vw]

This video is highly disingenuous: "In Austria, households on average spend about 21% of their gross adjusted disposable income on keeping a roof over their heads, slightly above the OECD average of 20%. In addition to housing costs it is also important to examine living conditions, such as the average number of rooms shared per person and whether households have access to basic facilities. The number of rooms in a dwelling, divided by the number of persons living there, indicates whether residents are living in crowded conditions. Overcrowded housing may have a negative impact on physical and mental health, relations with others and children's development. In addition, dense living conditions are often a sign of inadequate water and sewage supply. In Austria, the average home contains 1.6 rooms per person, slightly less than the OECD average of 1.8 rooms per person."

[@powerfulghost]

I spend 3/4 of my income on rent. There are 8 vacancies in my building, which haven't been filled in almost a year, and one of the largest houseless encampments in the city is just a block away. Our housing system is broken.

[@stikshot]

I can't tell if he is wearing a dress or not but at least it will make conservatives mad

[@leftisbest4666]

I think it’s a sherwani, a traditional Indian clothing.

[@zzzzaaaa9966]

whatever it is it is super cool

[@Supernautiloid]

Looks like a thawb, which is a traditional Arab robe that men wear.

[@PlatinumAltaria]

Pretty sure it's a kurta.

[@goldwater1984]

Go ahead and wear a dress, IDC, just don't expect me to pay for it!

[@Lumberjack_king]

We also need walkable mixed use neighborhoods with good public transit

[@StevieDamnit]

Even capitalist founding father Adam Smith thought landlords were leeches.

[@stevenx399]

Yup he also supported a welfare state he would be disgusted if he saw how capitalism turned out

[@willdbeast1523]

As i said sarcastically in another comment and am too lazy to reword: "The underclasses don't make very good wage slaves when they are homeless and can't spend their money on consumeristic crap, so it's imperative we fix it." People being "out of the system" doesn't benefit anyone in the long term

[@mrman991]

@@willdbeast1523 The counter to that is "if people are secure in their homes and have enough to eat no matter what, they won't stay in crappy jobs through fear" I'd see that as a good thing, many will argue that communism is bad while talking about stalin.

[@aranos6269]

He also thought education should be tax funded. Health care is cheaper when provided by state that is by taxes. All this has nothing to do with socialism. It is just allocating resources. Socialism is just used as a scare word in us.

[@aranos6269]

@@mrman991 communism is bad, but that is just avoiding discussion. People might not stay in poorly paid jobs, good, you have to pay them more. If you can't, go bust, your business is not viable that is free enterprise

[@vikramlothe1709]

Prager U: No past, no future: 54K in 5 days. This video: 49K in 15 hours The revolution continues!

[@oggyreidmore]

In the 1950s, the US Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) had a budget larger than the Department of Defense. That's because after WW2, the US government understood that it needed affordable housing for this new booming population growth and worked to construct it. In the 50s and 60s homelessness was shrinking so dramatically that there were predictions that there would be none by the 1970s.Then in the 1980s, Reagan came along and gutted HUD and let the "market" handle it. Look what 40 years of that has done. Essentially an entire generation that can't afford a home, rampant and growing homelessness in every state, and more empty homes than homeless people. The economic model of supply and demand is broken in this late stage capitalist system. It's time to return to our 1950's socialist housing policies, except this time let's not discriminate based on race, color, religion, sex (including gender identity, sexual orientation, and pregnancy), national origin, age (40 or older), disability or genetic information. The estimates are that a budget of $20 billion/year could end homelessness. The pentagon loses that much in the couch cushions every year. Homelessness is a policy choice.

[@wowzers6178]

This! Too many don't know American government or history. The school system is designed to keep the populace ignorant. An ignorant populace is easily controlled.

[@EnergeticWaves]

@@oggyreidmore hud did not even exist until 1965 your words are not true.

[@EnergeticWaves]

@@oggyreidmore this is late stage socialism, it blows up when the dollar becomes worthless.

[@oggyreidmore]

@@EnergeticWaves There were a series of semi-annual bills passed under the National Housing Act of 1934 that culminated in the creation of HUD in 1965. The department was created to delegate the management of public housing construction that congress was already doing. I was merely referring to the present day equivalent department's name. But good job on the nit pick. Have a cookie🍪

[@EnergeticWaves]

@@oggyreidmore what did these bills do besides raise the price of housing?

[@Xondar11223344]

The best way to solve the problem of homelessness is to give people homes. Not only is it the more humane solution, evidence shows that giving people homes saves money in hospital, policing, welfare, and other costs in the long run.

[@saagisharon8595]

The government knows that but if people like you prove them wrong, the last thing they want to do is admit it which is why they prefer to lose (our) money

[@eddiekulp1241]

Give people homes? Just increase the taxes on working people that had to pay for there homes. That's not a solution that's just a democratic grab for power to get votes to keep them in power till the end of the country

[@Xondar11223344]

@@eddiekulp1241 It's far more expensive to have homeless people than to give people homes. The choice is simply do you want to pay more because people are homeless or do you want to pay less by giving people homes. It sounds to me that you're resentful that some people might get something for free that others have had to work for, so you're willing to pay more to keep the unworthy poor homeless rather than pay less to give them homes. The truth is, if we give homeless people homes, then people who currently pay taxes can expect to get a home if they ever become homeless. Studies have also shown that people spend much less time in a state where they can't pay for their own home when you prevent them from being homeless and you just give them a home. You just want to pay more money because you're resentful of helping people, and that's selfish and wasteful.

[@Xondar11223344]

@@saagisharon8595 I think ​@UC17xyIPCfVXCYQ92XUEmFEQ just proved your point quite well. Some people are resentful that people would get something "for free" despite the fact it would cost them less money in the long run.

[@emaginationproductions]

@@eddiekulp1241 Everytime we talk about raising taxes people seem to forget that billionaires and tax brackets exist.

[@scottgrey3337]

"In other countries, housing is considered a fundamental right..." Me: Ayy, that'd be nice to have in America. "... just like education and healthcare." Me: Those to.

[@skylex157]

There are two types of right, positive and negative rights, what he is doing is blurring the line between the two to make his point, other countries and the USA have negative rights that lets them buy a house without someone being able to interfere with that, what he is doing is making you believe that every other country has positive rights, aka, you place your duty on others to accomplish them, like say, high quality public healthcare or housing, and even with all that, usually, you pay more taxes for everything you are getting "free" than what you would pay without taxes

[@scottgrey3337]

@@skylex157 I'm doubting that you even watched the video if you're citing costs here. The whole point of the housing market he addressed is that the "negative" right to housing merely gave people the freedom to face expensive or unaffordable housing. Can you really point to affordability when the video directly states housing costs are a significant financial burden? Healthcare too. I'm not here to say "Europe best omg" but guess what: *the U.S. pays more per capita or proportion of GDP than European countries* . People can't go "think of the costs" when we're paying more, just to a private system. That also ignores that U.S. healthcare often adds financial emergencies to medical ones, which is a wonderful way to cripple productivity and quality of life. I won't delve on education much, but I will say that I rarely see people who oppose free or cheaper tertiary education complaining that student debt companies convinced Congress to make it nearly impossible to declare bunkruptcy. Won't anyone think of the billionaires? Negative rights have a valid foundation in freedom from abuse from tyranical monarchies. But here, it seems more than content to let cripplingly one-side dynamics play out for no other reason than "well, it's not the government doing it." Not to mention the "invisible" costs of having a society facing housing uncertainty and/or crippling debts. Where do you think unrest comes from? But most of all, just the fact that you pull the "taxes are expensive" when each of these three (necessary) things are a major financial burden each shows how your point is entirely based in theory and nothing else.

[@skylex157]

@@scottgrey3337 the market works with signals, each time anyone sells something, it emits a signal the market receives, by using everyone´s money to make social housing, you send misleading signals to the market, for example, you make 1000 homes in 2 weeks, then all the prices of the houses go down, because there is more supply for the same demand. or that is what it would happen, if 1, the owners didn´t increase the cost of the house to account for taxes, or 2, get their houses out of the market, as now they give less profit, this houses that left the market means increase in cost, as now there is less supply, this wouldn´t be a problem in a minor scale, but going all out on it, will make it so every private owner would keep their house and sell them for a ludicrous amount of money, ending up in everyone spending even more money to give homes to the homeless also, as you increase the pressure on the people with money, their desire to leave the country will increase too, up to the breaking point where they go away, leaving the country with no tax income from them at all, politicians will notice that, increase/create rich taxes, magnifing the problem, i live in argentina, we have social housing and we are shit because all the people with money are fleeing the country, but destroying the US economy destroys the global economy too, as a ton and a half of countries depend on the US economical stability

[@scottgrey3337]

@@skylex157 Once again, most of your point solely deals in theory, and conveniently leaves out the fact that despite all the reasons you give that it *should* work, the video is specifically addressing how housing is unaffordable *despite* the market running things. It also missed most of my point that the economy as-is constitutes an enormous financial burden on those least able to carry it. Or that smart approaches to problems ends up being more helpful *and* cheaper than spouting platitudes about free market for free market's sake. But you do appreciate you mentioning Argentina, that's a valid point. In counter, though, I live in the U.S. where a number of friends working full time struggle with housing, medical, and education costs that will hinder them for decades. Most of this is because the relationship is so one-sided against the consumer, often to the point that companies get assistance from the government while complaining if the other way around happens. If the U.S. is an economic powerhouse that fuels half the world, how does it make sense that people are working full time for jobs they spent years studying for and can still *barely* cover the costs of living?

[@skylex157]

@@scottgrey3337 my grandpa almost died because the goverment spend 4 years doing shit instead of lettig him have a heart surgery, they waited until he was literally in permanent nausea because blood didn't get to his brain to give him the pass Also, here, WITH social housing, we still have housing problems, my mom spent 17 years from rent to rent, she had to inheret a house to finally be able to settle, and that was just because we are kinda lucky in that aspect, and had a house to inheret, my dad lived with his parents up to his mid 30 and was only able to build a house because a neighbour was freaking dying and said "give me whatever money you want, and i give you this house" and got his for an incredibly low amount, and even with all of this, they were paying for others to be housed instead of being able to own their houses themselves, you think capitalism is stacked against the consumer? At least they don't enter you house and put you in jail for not agreeing with them, i'm not saying capitalism is the ultimate system, i, in fact, think that once we automated most of the manufacturing, we will live with a welfare state, but that's because machines do not have incentives, humans do, and not understanding them is what will always cause social things to be worse than private ones

[@hvosouq]

Kudos, Bravo, more Power to you...GO ! More & more people will get behind U and support. 😎

[@crustjunkie]

"Housing is not a privledge, not a luxury but a right Communities don't function any better with their problems out of sight Our communities consist of more than concrete, brick and steel It's made up of people including the homeless they conceal The trouble with ruling class financial tactics Is that it's the people who need the shelter not their taxes Every inch of established land got that way by means of force and by paying rent were forced to contribute to that source With our communities of people suffering under this establishment It's not about housing these are human rights they make us rent Only the landlords profit as our lives are sold and bought and those who fight this process get evicted from their squat So while our leaders carry out these unjust squat evictions They prove that freedom can't exist under capitalist conditions" - Aus Rotten (crust punk band)

[@nathangrantham2677]

Super crusty!

[@magipup7698]

Prager U's new arch-nemesis.

[@lucaslevinsky8802]

A person Don't need to be socialist to support free house, And PragerU is poop anyways

[@hamnchee]

@@lucaslevinsky8802 I don't want the house, I'll just take the monetary equivalent.

[@tornadodex1366]

Both of these channels are totally insane

[@lucaslevinsky8802]

@@tornadodex1366 this channel says that they wanting solving this problem, and call this "socialism"

[@sassyviking6003]

@@hamnchee ok, you get $600 a month. Now try and find a place to rent for that amount. You won't find it. Unless you mean the difference between rent there and rent here, so 1900. You will still get worse housing that a properly de-comodified housing option because the landlord will cut corners to ensure their costs are minimized. Why wouldn't you want objectively better housing for cheaper?

[@deanmoriarty6015]

the fact that something like this is even still an idea up for heavy debate shows how effective individualism & capitalist propaganda is here in the states

[@gking407]

Yes! We are dehumanized as “consumers” not humans with any dignity or basic needs!

[@calmexit6483]

I’m an individualist to the core but I’m cool with limited socialist policies and unions.

[@IanCunningham92]

There was a similar movement to guarantee housing as a human right in the U.S. in the 1930s which resulted in the creation of public housing. But the real estate industry, fearful of competition from the government, sabotaged the program restricting eligibility to the poorest households and locating projects in impoverished neighborhoods, making it unsustainable in the long run. In Vienna, social housing is mixed-income and it's designed to be an appealing alternative to private sector housing for the middle class as well.

[@felixscheuermann7507]

Imagine having a country so far right social democrats are called "socialists"

[@Jcewazhere]

We're far further right than that, Mitt Frickin Romney (one of the few almost sane republicans) has been called a socialist lol... :X

[@arc3028]

Right? Especially since I expected the Gravel Institute to know the difference. Maybe that was on purpose to not confuse less informed people too much?

[@kobemop]

i thought the right calls liberals "communists" lol

[@sparkiispark7237]

@@arc3028 this is a case where they're not wrong. In that era the term social democrat was what communists used to describe themselves. Lenin self described as a social democrat (despite writing in State & Revolution how the name is a bit confusing since communists aim to set up the dissolution of state power, and democracy is state power enforcing popular will.) So in this case. yes the social democrats were socialists. However fast forward not too much into the future and social democracy is coopted as a term to refer to a reformist ideology the likes of the SPD believed in. Real socialists then abandoned the word and start identifying more overtly with the term communist.

[@arc3028]

@@sparkiispark7237 Ohhh, thanks a lot for that info. I didnt know that my ancestors were *that* based lol

[@christianpetersen163]

In Western Europe, we play musical chairs. In USA, they play musical houses.

[@comradefreedom8275]

Whoa. Took me a moment to get this, but it's so true.

[@spark300c]

well in Western Europe housing is not cheap either. Only place that cheap in developed world is japan because they have very low immigration. New york has housing problem because immigration force things to be that way. immigration cause land cost to go way up causing gut of luxury homes. in places that have slow growth housing is more affordable. in cedar rapids Iowa rent is 450 to 600. in new york because of immigration is 2000 dollars. Another problem is democrat party is corrupt so they build very expensive and few public housing. Also do not realized the concept of saturation which why new york city will not be cheap unless less land is zone for business and more for residential. Serveral cities have have more jobs than housing.

[@christianpetersen163]

​@@spark300c People who are employed in the city should always be able to find affordable housing. The less they are victims of rent-seeking landlords, the more taxes they can pay to the city... Cities grow at a steady and predictable rate, so a city with a functioning government should never be overwhelmed by immigration. They should have 5, 10 and 20 year plans which account for the expected development. The current situation in many cities is all on the incompetence and corruption of politicians. In a residence association, of which I am a member/resident, the rent goes towards maintainance and administration of the apartments in the "block". You don't pay more because the demand is higher. The government and residence associations meet the demand by building more houses. That is a housing model that makes sense, I think...

[@spark300c]

@@christianpetersen163 cities go not always grow a predictable rate sometime they explode. going form 2,000 to 100,000 in ten years. Before they grew very slowly for decades. the fact is certain cities are overwhelmed by immigration because it can change the rent landscape very quickly. also start to run into density issues and land value issues. vancouversun.com/life/immigrants-have-major-impact-on-canadas-housing-prices-study/

[@tarikrandom7535]

@@christianpetersen163are you a libertarian socialist?

[@miguelmartin901]

Gravel Institue is the Prager U of a parallel universe where the US is a social democracy

[@joshuaneff2283]

Yes

[@krieghart5515]

Or where the US cares about facts and sources, instead of propaganda to protect billionaires.

[@tfuhl]

I don't know, I think of a parallel world without Prager U parody memes as a form of dystopia

[@mrunseen3797]

Just that Prager U lies.

[@notabene7381]

A kapo or prisoner functionary (German: Funktionshäftling) was a prisoner in a Nazi camp who was assigned by the SS guards to supervise forced labor or carry out administrative tasks. Also called "prisoner self-administration" (German: Häftlingsselbstverwaltung), the prisoner functionary system minimized costs by allowing camps to function with fewer SS personnel. The system was designed to turn victim against victim, as the prisoner functionaries were pitted against their fellow prisoners in order to maintain the favor of their SS overseers. If they were derelict, they would be returned to the status of ordinary prisoners and be subject to other kapos. Many prisoner functionaries were recruited from the ranks of violent criminal gangs rather than from the more numerous political, religious, and racial prisoners; such criminal convicts were known for their brutality toward other prisoners. This brutality was tolerated by the SS and was an integral part of the camp system. Prisoner functionaries were spared physical abuse and hard labor, provided they performed their duties to the satisfaction of the SS functionaries. They also had access to certain privileges, such as civilian clothes and a private room. The SS used domination and terror to control the camps' large populations with just a few SS functionaries. The system of prisoner guards was a key instrument of domination, and was commonly called "prisoner self-government" in SS parlance. The camp draconian rules, constant threat of beatings, humiliation, punishment, and the practice of punishing whole groups for the actions of one prisoner were psychological and physical torments on top of the starvation, and physical exhaustion from back-breaking labor. Prisoner guards were used to push other inmates to work harder, saving the need for paid SS supervision. Many kapos felt caught in the middle, being both victims and perpetrators. Though kapos generally had a bad reputation, many suffered guilt about their actions, both at the time and after the war, as revealed in a book about Jewish kapos. Many prisoner functionaries, primarily from the ranks of the "greens" or criminal prisoners, could be quite ruthless in order to justify their privileges, especially when an SS man was around. They also played an active role in the beatings, even killing fellow prisoners. Some guards were personally involved in the mass murder of other prisoners. An eager prisoner functionary could have a camp "career" as an SS favorite and be promoted from Kapo to Oberkapo and eventually to Lagerältester, but he could also just as easily run foul of the SS and be sent to the gas chambers. "The moment he becomes a Kapo, he no longer sleeps with them. He is held accountable for the performance of the work, that they are clean, that the beds are well-built. [...] So, he must drive his men. The moment we become dissatisfied with him, he is no longer Kapo, he's back to sleeping with his men. And he knows that he will be beaten to death by them the first night." - Heinrich Himmler, June 1944

[@JanieBee]

The sad part is, poor Americans are definitely gonna be in these comments protesting against themselves not having to go into debt just by living in a house 🤦🏾‍♀️

[@fatherson5907]

You don’t even understand simple percentages. You didn’t put the time or effort into educating yourself, now you’re broke and want to blame everyone else for your failures. Average household debt is far lower in the US compared to other western countries. Educate yourself, peasant.

[@MasterShake7144]

It kills me to know such concepts are within our grasp, but we don't grab them

[@comradefreedom8275]

I truly agree.

[@kenokrend4600]

Within our grasp. How can nyc possibly execute such a plan? We cant even afford our current city budget. The city has no ability to buy and develop housing on its own.

[@Max-lz8ho]

@@kenokrend4600 how about diverting funds from the military?

[@kenokrend4600]

@@Max-lz8ho our city budget?

[@Bluecho4]

@@kenokrend4600 The police could stand to lose a few million dollars. It's not like they do much crime solving, statistically.

[@jellywizard]

Learning about a system that literally already existed yet feels like a fairytale. Honestly, I'm not fully sure how to process how this makes me feel. It needs a term. A mix of sorrow and anger for something that seems so tangible yet so far away

[@donHooligan]

read "Ishmael" by Daniel Quinn, if you like that feeling.

[@amiaswolfgang]

If anyone was to make a word for that, I'm sure millions, if not billions, of people would heavily resonate.

[@krieghart5515]

Russians have a word like that: toska

[@notabene7381]

A kapo or prisoner functionary (German: Funktionshäftling) was a prisoner in a Nazi camp who was assigned by the SS guards to supervise forced labor or carry out administrative tasks. Also called "prisoner self-administration" (German: Häftlingsselbstverwaltung), the prisoner functionary system minimized costs by allowing camps to function with fewer SS personnel. The system was designed to turn victim against victim, as the prisoner functionaries were pitted against their fellow prisoners in order to maintain the favor of their SS overseers. If they were derelict, they would be returned to the status of ordinary prisoners and be subject to other kapos. Many prisoner functionaries were recruited from the ranks of violent criminal gangs rather than from the more numerous political, religious, and racial prisoners; such criminal convicts were known for their brutality toward other prisoners. This brutality was tolerated by the SS and was an integral part of the camp system. Prisoner functionaries were spared physical abuse and hard labor, provided they performed their duties to the satisfaction of the SS functionaries. They also had access to certain privileges, such as civilian clothes and a private room. The SS used domination and terror to control the camps' large populations with just a few SS functionaries. The system of prisoner guards was a key instrument of domination, and was commonly called "prisoner self-government" in SS parlance. The camp draconian rules, constant threat of beatings, humiliation, punishment, and the practice of punishing whole groups for the actions of one prisoner were psychological and physical torments on top of the starvation, and physical exhaustion from back-breaking labor. Prisoner guards were used to push other inmates to work harder, saving the need for paid SS supervision. Many kapos felt caught in the middle, being both victims and perpetrators. Though kapos generally had a bad reputation, many suffered guilt about their actions, both at the time and after the war, as revealed in a book about Jewish kapos. Many prisoner functionaries, primarily from the ranks of the "greens" or criminal prisoners, could be quite ruthless in order to justify their privileges, especially when an SS man was around. They also played an active role in the beatings, even killing fellow prisoners. Some guards were personally involved in the mass murder of other prisoners. An eager prisoner functionary could have a camp "career" as an SS favorite and be promoted from Kapo to Oberkapo and eventually to Lagerältester, but he could also just as easily run foul of the SS and be sent to the gas chambers. "The moment he becomes a Kapo, he no longer sleeps with them. He is held accountable for the performance of the work, that they are clean, that the beds are well-built. [...] So, he must drive his men. The moment we become dissatisfied with him, he is no longer Kapo, he's back to sleeping with his men. And he knows that he will be beaten to death by them the first night." - Heinrich Himmler, June 1944

[@viniciusdesouzamaia]

Hauntology is a term you could use.

[@jaspercaro6666]

I love Zohran! So happy you brought him on!

[@RobSchofield]

Superb presentation, well-written script. Great!

[@rebeccagrimke4818]

I almost cried. As an American, Red Vienna seems like an impossible heaven.

[@ioanpena]

It is not heaven , it is just normal !!! I live in Romania and 95% of the population own their own home (the highest % in the world) and the only people who rent are those who were not born in the city you curently live . It is not perfect but beeing poor means that you can actually live with 500$ a month income and you have free education (including college) and very cheap universal healthcare where insulin is free or very cheap (30$ a month) if you are not insured or free if you go to emergency uninsured and also ambulance is free even if you are uninsured ( less than 10% of the population is uninsured because they chose to) ...private insurance is also very cheap (for example 50$ a month insurance will cover 100% hospitalization in a private hospital )...so beeing poor or lower middle class in Romania does not mean beeing homeless and miserable...it is hard and you barely make it but you can survive even with 500$ a month and if you make 1000$ a month you can afford vacations in Egypt or Turkey in a5☆ resort or go to ski in Romania or Bulgaria. How much do you have to earn in USA to afford a ski vacation in the USA ?

[@kcl4678]

It was no heaven. The reason for the housing problems 1918 was rent control. Red Vienna "fixed" a problem socialist policies created, and they did so by increasing taxes and a load of debt. Socialism does not work, We Europeans tried, it failed miserably

[@xXWorldgamefunXx]

@@kcl4678 Red Vienna fixed a problem socialist policies created with socialist policies? Do you have any sources.. like.. at all?

[@grunkh]

@@kcl4678 ever rented from a housing cooperative? socialism works, and housing coops are a proof for that

[@MK-ms4uz]

@@kcl4678 Yeah it’s not like the country was reeling from the chaos of WW1 and a partition of the country or anything... rent control was surely the reason.

[@themushroom2130]

“Maybe the worker can work harder!!!!11!!1!1” - Dennis Prager

[@rdes225]

“Capitalism is based on human greed. Socialism is based” -Dennis Prager

[@leebennett1821]

I Doubt that fat clot has ever worked hard in his life😂😂😂

[@comradefreedom8275]

PragerU is only good for KZbin poops.

[@mikelarrivee5115]

Well it's sort of hard to justify making someone give you a house if all you can do is cook french fries

[@leebennett1821]

@@mikelarrivee5115 Is this Sarcasm? It's very hard to Tell

[@WinnGale]

Along with housing, I believe multiple parts of society should be decommodified, such as water, health insurance, electricity and internet due to their inelastic demand on the market.

[@elbownio5820]

100% water tho, In Australia some of our major rivers are drying up because they're being drained and used to farm cotton

[@joescrivano5285]

I agree with this to an extent. Everyone deserves housing, but only the bare essentials. If you want more, you gotta work for it. Healthcare is similar. If someone Is born with a genetic condition we should recognize that this is out of that persons control and we should work as a society to help that person. On the other hand, if a person eats fast food every day and then needs a triple bypass surgery, I don’t see how that’s society’s responsibility. Open to other perspectives :)

[@mich9788]

Who'll pay for that?

[@Weromano]

@@mich9788 All

[@HyenaBlank]

@@mich9788 If we can afford to keep pumping an extra trillion into the military budget each year, we can afford to take care of the people.

[@KVPMD]

It was also not only Vienna. Multiple cities in Germany did this, too. Including my homecity. It was all build modern an partially by artists from the state of the art Bauhaus at the time. They came from Berlin and Weimar and they changed a LOT in the city both building up new (housing, power plant, gouvernance, hospital, swimming but even small newspaper sellers) in the new style and upgrading existing stuff, mostly with colors. It was a big leap for the city and we need something like this again. Not the same, but with the same spirit.

[@frocco7125]

Weird people: "Housing is NOT a human right!!!" Me: "Yes, and that's the problem."

[@EE-jp5ev]

*watches the weird people approach the point*

[@blobmetropolis7707]

kzbin.info/www/bejne/d5m1c6aAjryFbrM This video is a very interesting left wing perspective on how human rights have always existed in a political contested form. Ideological cementing victories of protests while being eroded as struggle movements weaken, rather than ever being things which are universally accepted in liberal societies.

[@godzillaworks4585]

Hi Rocco, again

[@frocco7125]

@@blobmetropolis7707 Yooo that looks interesting

[@WaffleSSSSSPLUS]

then make it a right with your guns

[@ThatGuy1208]

“In other countries, housing is seen as a fundamental right like education or healthcare” *Cries in American*

[@a_human8489]

As a Canadian I think it’s a bit relative. Canada is seen as a haven where nothing is wrong and we all bathe in maple syrup and have snowball fights but the same issues in America are mirrored pretty much everywhere just perhaps less severe. There’s a large group of Canadians who want to adopt an American style private healthcare industry and we have a lot of pretty far right people in the government. (Namely Quebec but that’s a uniquely Canadian issue) we also have a lot more homeless people than we’d care to admit to our southern friends and there are big company’s taking government money that could be better spend on the people *cough* bombardier *cough* I can’t speak of Europe but looking st British news I’d say it’s a similar situation everywhere. I say we need a global government of socialism, one big happy democracy like Star Trek but less war

[@the1427]

@@a_human8489 You literally admitted a large group of people want to adapt a capitalist life style and then proceeded to say there should be global socialism.... 🤦🏾‍♂️ wow.

[@koukkoufos2000]

@@a_human8489 Obviously the Canadians who want to abolish your single payer healthcare system are wrong, American healthcare sucks for the poor and middle class

[@dar-wv4pr]

@@the1427 If 10 million people want something then yeah, that’s a large group of people. However, if the other 90 million people of the society want the opposite, then yeah, you should do the opposite.

[@the1427]

@@dar-wv4pr 90 million people DONT want socialism lmaoooooo have you not seen Cuba!? The civilians there even said they hate it there there isn't a large group of people anywhere that want socialism.

[@imanethe1175]

damn, I wish we could put pictures in comments so I could show you my social housing neighborhood, in the north of Paris called the Red Suburbs, there is greenery, a sense of community, services, the place is designed for familes and called a "paradise for kids" because they enjoy huge open spaces and outdoor playgrounds with few roads for a max of security.

[@jimandskittum]

You have a youtube account. Take a short vid and post the link here with your comment.

[@equinox2584]

Yeah take a video put it up on youtube I would love to see it.

[@matthewriegner5180]

Going to Google that ish

[@pinchebruha405]

I live north of paris in a small village it has a housing project like this and i have met a few of the folks that live there? It is good to see that the disabled and some refugees are living there paid for simple housing? France seems to realize that not all are created equal some do need help, but i also see those that get the housing respect it and th community

[@romainviry3185]

France is experiencing the Grand Paris project : linking Paris + 60 km via rapid electric automatic underground . Slowly but surely even our old projects have become nice places to be , future will be even brighter 😊

[@ajenefrench1531]

Thank you Gravel Institute, these are all great!

[@andresproano1627]

The level of optimism is so moving, I’m almost crying and I’m not even from the US.

[@ernststravoblofeld]

Very few people here can maintain that level of optimism. I only hope it leads to something.

[@AD-bb9np]

It’s scary that he is so optimistic about ending upward economic mobility and keeping all people poor and never having the chance to own property

[@stevonwhite8933]

@@AD-bb9np You clearly are missing the point…

[@AD-bb9np]

@@stevonwhite8933, this video missed a lot of points that could invalidate the argument. I get that many Americans are socialist and communist, but I don’t get why they aren’t looking into migrating instead of revolting.

[@stevonwhite8933]

@@AD-bb9np So, you’re solution is to ignore and suppress the problem instead of FIXING it?Good to know dude👍…