A thousand times times yes. How often those supposedly “job-killing regulations” have actually been “people-saving” regulations.” #SafetyFirst
Richard D. Wolff @profwolff
1 Jul 2021
Miami's collapsed condo shows: privatized housing violates democracy. Only condo owners voted to defer building repair. Delivery workers, condo visitors, repairers knew nothing, didn't vote, risked injury, death. As irreducibly social, housing must be run democratically by all.

Jul 1, 2021 · 3:56 AM UTC

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Replying to @marwilliamson
Is @profwolff really saying the condo owners—who died— *not voting* for repairs though exposed to the most risk is a good argument for Democracy? What would have been better is if repairs weren't up to anyone's vote at all, because engineering isn't about "the people's will".
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Replying to @marwilliamson
Um, no.
Replying to @marwilliamson
There are laws and building codes in this country ... If a building is inspected ... and if it fails that inspection ... The building needs to be ... REPAIRED ... or ... CONDEMNED! ... and you are correct ... that cannot be the decision of a Condominium Association!
Replying to @marwilliamson
“Privatized housing violates democracy… housing must be run democratically by all.” Seems extreme.
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Replying to @marwilliamson
The right lies about job killing regulations, like everything else. I work in medical device research, my job wouldn't exist if there weren't FDA regulations.
Replying to @marwilliamson
The tweet you quoted says absolutely nothing about regulations. But I listened to an interview on NPR with the man responsible for some of Miami's building codes. The laws there say buildings must be maintained to the same standards they were when new, regardless of condo votes.
Replying to @marwilliamson
This is America. Jobs are worth more than human lives in this country.