In this expedition, Neonn talks to DSA Sacramento co-chair Jonah Paul about the philosophical & strategic path to expanding human rights to include housing, starting with rent control and working toward full-on social housing policies like they've already achieved in more progressive places.

 

We talk about different catalysts for political activation,

why millennials are trending toward socialism,

the nature of capitalist exploitation & how to respond to it,

rhetorical strategies to change public opinion,

the effect of the 2008 collapse on today's housing crisis,

direct ballot measures vs. routine legislation,

the futility of corrupt neoliberal solutions,

the actual mechanics of rent control,

how American real estate became a tax shelter,

how to fight gentrification & financialization,

what a decommodified housing policy would actually look like,

how inadequate housing is detrimental to public health,

egalitarian reasoning from humanist first principles,

DSA as a great way to organize for working class power,

utopia as a pluralistic participatory democracy,

& lots more fun activist philosophy.. 🎃

 

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UtopianCartography.com is an archive of evolutionary media, full of talks & music & books & movies (etc.), to shed light on the profound shift we're living through on this planet, and how we can best respond.

 

Utopian Cartography:

youtube.com/user/neonnfelicity

facebook.com/utopiancartography

soundcloud.com/utopiancartography

twitter.com/neonnfelicity

utopiancartography.podbean.com

 

Jonah Paul:

facebook.com/jonah.paul0

twitter.com/JonahPaul_

 

Democratic Socialists of America:

facebook.com/demsocialists

twitter.com/DemSocialists

 

DSA Sacramento Chapter:

facebook.com/DSA.Sacramento

twitter.com/DSASac

 

intro music produced by:

Of A Great Red Cypress 

soundcloud.com/lfogreofficial

 

outro music written & rapped by

Kalki / Antony of Egypt / Legion / Sunya Das / Kikwaakew

kikwaakew.bandcamp.com/album/aliennation-prod-by-zieke-sounds-2015

revolt-motion.com

 

outro music produced by

Zieke Sounds

soundcloud.com/zieke-sounds