Liberal Hypocrisy is Fueling American Inequality. Here’s How. | NYT Opinion

Why HN readers recommended it

Brought up in housing and zoning threads as a mainstream outlet making the case that progressive NIMBYism contradicts stated values.

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Video & recommendation details

Creator / channel

New York Times Opinion

Topic

housing and inequality politics

Format

commentary

Level

general

HN recommenders in dataset

2

HN mentions in dataset

9

Recommendation years in dataset

2021–2024

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• I watched the New York Times opinion piece "Liberal Hypocrisy is Fueling American Inequality. Here’s How." [0] recently. This quote sums it up perfectly: >You cannot say you are against inequality in America, unless you are willing to have affordable housing built in your neighborhood. …

• I‘m from Europe and never been to SF, but imo taxation isn’t necessarily needed. Instead the „american dream“ should be adjusted. Not every human needs their own family home. Build more apartment complexes. I’ve recently seen in a youtube video by the NYT that there …