• queermunist she/her@lemmy.ml
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    1 year ago

    I still find it hard to believe that they are making the best use of labor and materials

    Is anyone? If I have to choose between “housing shortage” and “housing surplus” I know which society I would prefer.

    • 30mag@lemmy.world
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      1 year ago

      Sure. The point I was trying to make is that society might be better served by allocating resources to building hospitals or schools or something the community needs instead of housing that the community does not necessarily need because there is already a surplus of housing.

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        1 year ago

        China isn’t really limited by construction resources. There’s a heavier constraint in terms of hospital staff and teachers than there is on construction resources.

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          1 year ago

          China isn’t really limited by construction resources.

          Maybe they aren’t running out of concrete and steel, but they are taking out loans for these construction projects.