You Were Never Meant to Succeed in Capitalism

The ruling elite keep power to themselves

Aunty Jean
5 min readApr 10, 2023
author’s photo, revitalizing the neighborhood?

Most programs to help the poor, end up making the rich richer. Every time I hear that the State and corporate developers are “revitalizing” an area, I notice that more people end up homeless.

Buildings chosen for renovation, with promises of “affordable housing” for the poor, mostly become luxury condos for the rich, that remain empty for the majority of the year. The few “affordable” units are anything but affordable, doing nothing to provide housing for the poor.

The whole revitalization scheme basically serves to enrich wealthy corporate developers (who, of course, went over their projected budgets at the expense of the taxpayers). The poor were either evicted, or saw their rents rise, in their “newly developed” neighborhood.

These “affordable” housing programs were never meant to help the poor. Who got richer and who ended up on someone’s sofa or in the street?

Expecting politicians (whether Republican or Democrat) and their grand plans to solve the housing crisis, the inflation crisis, or any other crisis that we find ourselves in, is simply ridiculous.

Democrat Biden has not kept his campaign promises, and it’s not the fault of the Republicans. Blaming is a huge…

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Aunty Jean

Constantly curious, dog-loving, politically progressive, book-loving, vegan lady. I want to keep learning every day, exploring other points of view.