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America is rooted in capitalism, so the resource allocation schema of scarce goods (e.g. nice homes to raise families in) is indeed a knife-fight.

>>OGEnth+(OP)
How is capitalism to blame for local governments implementing various zoning and building code regulations that make it hard+expensive to build?

>>hypeat+sm3
Because they have financial interests that benefit from making it hard and expensive to build. People who own property will lose property value if there is less scarcity. And government workers are hired specifically to extract money from permitting and inspections and application costs.