What stance are you entrenched in today that might be a social issue in the future? (lemmy.world)

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In the past, we've had issues with women suffrage, slavery, and sanitation, among many other things.

Today we have gun control, AI, intended/unintended false information, vaccines, etc. as consistently hot topics.

In a few decades' time, what views do you have now that may spark major social debate in the future? What conservative and/or progressive stances do you take today that might be too far on either extreme in the far future?

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[-] wmrch@lemmy.world 12 points 1 year ago

This is an old one for many countries...but I fear a housing crisis in Germany.

Right now it's not as prevalent as in the us for example but there are no steps taken to prevent it becoming a major social issue.

Construction industry suffers from high prices and a lack of workforce
The only housing that is being worked on are luxury properties
Infrastructure development in rural areas where housing is still affordable is not progressing
Regulations and hurdles for new buildings are more difficult and complex than anywhere else
Real estate ownership is often only possible through inheritance/generational wealth, as income is extremely highly taxed

[-] TheInsane42@lemmy.world 6 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

Looks familiar. We already have the same issue in The Netherlands (Hi neighbour).

1st time buyers can't get a house as they are to expensive, current owners can't move on as they 1st need to sell before they can buy something (and hope that the selling prize covers the mortgage costs), social letting (entry level) has an issue with availability of houses and most others for the letting market are in the unregulated market and those houses are being sold off as the letting out of houses in that market is being regulated so much that it's not economical anymore.

On top of that, it's to expensive to build new houses and the country is already needs 1m houses in the next few years. Due to this the right wing is hammering on stopping refugees entering the country when they are about 5% of the immigration issue. (expats are the other 95%)

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