Portugal’s bid to attract foreign money backfires as rental market goes ‘crazy’
Portugal’s bid to attract foreign money backfires as rental market goes ‘crazy’
Government incentives and deregulation have brought digital nomads, Airbnbs and ‘golden visas’ – but steep housing costs for locals
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Back when I palyed Quake, this strategy "to attract foreign money" had nothing to do with "Free for All" mode, it's more akin to "Capture the Flag" and using the grappling hook to camp from a hidden spot and just rocketing the flag carrier every time they picked it up.
Blaming a particular system of economics for power abuse is almost just lazy propaganda to push a narrative, any and every system in place will be abused by people who are unscrupulous, greedy, and/or corrupt sociopaths.
Capitalism is equally as corruptible as all the rest.
Corruption and ethics are the underlying concerns, not top ended ideals of politics that really only provide obfuscation of actual 'people' level problems beyond rhetoric.
There are definitely some systems that encourage more greed than others.
Private ownership is the cause of the corruption.
If the people running the business are also the workers, they’re not going to be anywhere near as likely to steal from themselves as a whole.
So yes, the system matters very fucking much and capitalism is inherently biased towards rewarding selfish behaviour.
Power, be it elected political or imagined religious or violent oppression or capital wealth or community leadership, is the cause of corruption.
Even the workers in highly regulated/managed scenarios not beholden to the modern corruption affecting capitalism still results in power silos that are abused. Ignoring a simple truth like that results in a narrative of political rhetoric rather than an objective discussion that will yield effective ideas that envision long term results.
"Public" ownership does not fix corruption, it just migrates the corruption away from private owners into the now directly empowered gatekeepers in various levels of the business and in the government that controls the organization.
I'm arguing beyond the pigeon hole of just pointing to capitalism as the cause of corruption, there's always corruption.
Looking for a balanced equation built around preserving freedom, enforcing a universal standard of ethics, and negating an opportunity need for corruption that allows the rewarding of selfish behavior is far more useful than just yelling into the sky about capitalism.
What are some implementable solutions to combat corruption while preserving individuals' freedoms?