We should go the asian route of increasing density and size. It's not like Barcelona is fully developed border to border.
That's unintelligible. With that logic, every law and regulation is authoritarian.
> all the while fostering resentment and opening up increasingly authoritarian measures in the future
Here's the resentment:
https://www.thestar.com.my/lifestyle/travel/2023/10/09/fed-u...
And yes, the locals want more authoritarianism to keep away the overcrowding tourists, rich foreigners, and people who think like you. That's what the problem needs and what people like you understand.
This is in the site guidelines: https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html.
Edit: yikes, you've unfortunately been breaking the site guidelines repeatedly and badly—examples:
We have to ban accounts that keep doing this, so please stop doing this, and please make sure you're not using HN primarily for political or ideological battle.
(I suppose I should add the standard disclaimer that no, we don't care about your views. We care about your following the rules and using the site as intended, same as with any other user.)
> please make sure you're not using HN primarily for political or ideological battle
All the threads you referenced are filled with people using the site in a political and ideological manner. There are people who are literally doing propaganda against entire countries and people.
> no, we don't care about your views
If you don't care about the views of the users, don't care about them in an egalitarian way. So far the rules seem to be getting applied selectively.
> We have to ban accounts that keep doing this
Feel free to do so. I'll get me coat myself. No need to contribute to a platform that not only does not care about its users' views but also applies its rules selectively and in an exceptionalist manner.