It’s not just the property developers. Most people who’ve spent a year or more paying off their mortgages don’t want their asset devalued by ending the housing crisis. No government would bring down the cost of housing because democracy will prevent it until renters are a majority of sufficient size to overwhelm homeowners, landlords, vested interests, and the dumbfucks they gaslight.
You’re right. Sometimes Hitchins said things that were only 6/10 smart, not 10/10. Now if you’ll excuse me I’m going to have to post a bunch of Spongebob memes to 196 to recover the karma I’m about to lose.