Poor housing - Inequality or Irresponsibility

Hong Kong's renaming of shoebox homes does nothing to mask its inequality crisis

Hong Kong’s cage homes and subdivided flats are the most depressing signs of poverty and inequality spreading across the city, says former SCMP editor-in-chief Wang Xiangwei.  CNA

The above title appeared in the CNA and talked about the painful and ugly sight of such tiny abodes in Hong Kong with the poor crammed into little living space called homes. The issue of inequality stares at everyone reading the article. The question is that it is not just an issue of inequality. True, there are people that are not smart or clever enough to make a good life for themselves. There are irresponsible people that would not want to work for a better life. There are those that could not do so for reasons beyond their abilities, the sick, old, illiterate, born into poverty etc etc.

The problem of small living space is also a systemic problem. It is also a problem of the state, of the govt. It is also a responsibility of the govt, to allocate resources, funds and policies on adequate decent housing. The govt cannot ignore such problems while allocating funds to for other needs. A clear act of irresponsibility is in the USA, the richest and most powerful country in the world, spending trillions yearly on wars, spending billions to spread disinformation and lies and skimping on providing housing for the abject poor Americans. Hong Kong is a poor country. It is rich and has the funds and ability to provide decent housing for its unfortunate citizens. Capitalism must not be given a free hand to run the economy at the expense of the weak and unfortunate.

A govt must be responsible to provide decent housing for its citizens. Period. There is no excuses for not doing so. The Hong Kong govt can do it and must do it. If not it is an irresponsible govt.

Up till the 1960s, Singapore too had a lot of people living in cramp quarters, in rickety sheds, closed built and attached to each other, wooden makeshift structures that could not withstand a fire to burn down a whole village. The govt then made a decision to change the living conditions of the people by building decent housing for all its citizens. The rest is history.

The good housing that Singaporeans are enjoying cannot be taken for granted. An irresponsible govt may come along and change everything and turn Singapore into Hong Kong. What it needs is a joker to compare Singapore with Hong Kong and say, Hong Kong people can live in cramp little quarters, so Singaporeans too can be like wise. And building smaller units of public housing means more space to build more housing to provide housing for more foreigners. To such irresponsible nitwits, it would be a great idea. Poor and incapable people do not deserve much. Clever and rich people can live in 10,000 sq fit or 100,000 sq ft housing. Poor people, no clever people can live like the squalid cage homes of Hongkongers.

Singaporeans must beware that the govt they elect does not start to shrink the sizes of HDB flats to become like Hong Kong. Everyday comparing with Hong Kong housing and using Hong Kong as a yard stick of what is acceptable. Any politician that harbours such silly thought must be booted out immediately. It is not about inequality. It is systemic inequality perpetuated by an irresponsible govt. It does not need to be so. Hong Kong govt needs to buck up and change the housing policy for the good of its people in general.

China uplifted more than 800 billion people from poverty with better housing than the cage homes of the Hongkongers. China can do it, why can't Hong Kong, why can't the USA?

The only way to get rid of so many American bases overseas is by de-dollarization

 The only way to counter the USA terrorist having so many bases overseas is by de-dollarization to get rid of the US$ hegemony. Deprived of the free money printing privilege, the ability to fund those military bases cannot be sustained. We are probably just touching the tip of the iceberg debating how much the USA really spends on its defense budget, directly and indirectly.

Having wars to get rid of the almost a thousand USA miliary bases around the world is a tall order. It is too little too late for that. The only feasible scenario possible is de-dollarization. The war option means that countries will need to massively increase their military budgets to cater for war, and the former Soviet Union collapse in bankruptcy, providing an excellent example of trying to outspend the USA with its free money printing privilege. Therefore, war to remove those military bases is not an option and China and Russia realized that and resorted to de-dollarization instead.

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The never-dying ambition of the Anglo-Saxons and Zionist Jews cause all the Worldly Wars and Turmoils.

                                                                                                                                                                              The Anglo-Saxons US and UK as well as the Zionist Jews want to restore white colonialism and imperialsim. Their motive is to set up a one world government under the rule of  white Anglo-Saxon United States, Britain and Zionist Jews.

California American Olympic 'Rules Based Order' Spirit... 'We cheat, we lie, we steal, to win'

 How the Americans cheated in the Paris Olympics by doping is a dark cloud hanging over the fate of the California Olympics. WADA, the swimming doping agency was completed ignored and bypassed by the Americans, with the Americans sending American swimmers high on drugs to cheat winning many medals without being checked by WADA.

When the Olympics go to California in 2028, the lawless American cheats are going to run wild. The Americans are going to cheat wholesale, without supervision and control, to win as many medals as they want. The Americans goal will be helped by their Rules Based Order, or Rules of the Lawless, making laws to favour the Americans, every country has to follow the American made laws, while the Americans would be above these laws.

The American exceptionalism fake belief is that no one can be better than the Americans. Anyone winning gold medals by beating the Americans would be by the grace of the Americans, not be merit. The Americans would not allow any country to win more medals than the Americans and the Americans would do everything they could, by foul means, like they are doing in international politics to win. And the poor Olympic Council would not be able to do anything about it, like WADA.

Bring down the opponents, cut them down, block them, deprive them of whatever to slow them down, to lose. The Olympics will not be about fair competition, about the best winning, but about preventing others to win against the Americans. Some countries would be sanctioned or banned from participating, block from entering the USA, not allow to register to compete. Lies, slanders, demonising, false accusations would be launched against other competitors to disqualify them. The Americans may even seek to contaminate the food and drinks of their opponents to undermine their performance. The judges and officials would be Americans and would rule in favour of American athletes and against others. The non American judges would be threatened and coerced to let Americans win their races and competition.

The Olympic spirit of sportsmanship would be rubbished and discarded in California. Only the Americans can win, by hook or by crook.  We cheat, we lie and we steal are the American Rules Based Order OlySpirit. This is how the American gangsters would behave, would do, to others like they are doing now in the geopolitical rivalry to be the world's unchallenged hegemon.

Any country still want to send their athletes to the California Olympics? Welcome to the California Olympics run by gangsters, cheats, liars, thieves and druggists.

PS. With the Americans getting more savage and paranoid, Usain Bolt would not stand a chance, would have his legs broken in no time. 

Hi everyone, Tomorrow I will be away on a short holiday. SouthernGlory and Virgo49, please help to take care of the blog. I will try to post when I can.   Redbean

Saudi Arabia and MBS being blackmailed by the American terrorists

 Saudi Arabia and Jordan provide a buffer zone for Israel against the likes of Iran, Iraq and Yemen. They provide a safeguard on the Eastern side of Israel, with the only threat coming from Lebanon and Syria to the North and Egypt to the South.

Saudi Arabia and Jordan will not be allowed to be falling to the other side, which is detrimental to Israel's existence. Why is Syria still of interest to the USA, which without Russian support, would now be under a stooge appointed with the blessing of the USA and Israel.

That is why peace between Saudi Arabia and Iran is against the interest of the USA. They will try to pry them apart, with massive pressure against the Saudis. The Saudis have been sitting on the fence for a long while about pricing oil in other currencies other than the Petrodollar. We know why now.

There are many channels being used against Mohammad bin Salman to toe the line by the USA, not least of which is the USA's quiet support for other Saudi Royal's interest, the same as supporting opposition forces against other Dictators. Internally MBS is still not fully in control as many of the Saudi Royals are also eyeing the throne. If you go deeper into the history of the Saudi Arabian throne, there are questionable bypassing issues regarding how the throne ended up with MBS's father.

Other channels that the USA can use to pressure MBS centers on the massive investments the Saudi Royals have in the USA and the West, which if MBS goes astray, can create internal strife within the Saudi Kingdom. MBS is thus walking a very fine line not to rock the boat.

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