@josh0@babka.social @LilahTovMoon@tech.lgbt In this case, it's not so much "capitalism" but zoning laws and democracy by loudest voice. Real capitalism would tell the complainers to shut up about someone else's property. I'm not defending capitalism (and another problem is how property taxes penalize for "improvements") but reforming zoning codes and community input would help a lot. https://urbankchoze.blogspot.com/2014/04/japanese-zoning.html https://www.ft.com/content/023562e2-54a6-11e6-befd-2fc0c26b3c60