This is part of what I'm choosing to call the Tyranny of Austrian Economists [1]. There is an irrational belief, particularly in the US, that the market will somehow magically solve everything.
What you have with institutional investment in real estate, NIMBYism and the treatment of housing as an asset where it becomes a political goal to increase its value (and thus, by definition, reduce its accessibility) is an example of the exploitation of inelastic demand.
People need housing. There are other things they need like food, which has also been commoditized [2]. How about insulin? By having super-expensive insulin in the US you are quite literally profiting off something that people will die without.
Government is what's required here to protect people from predatory hyper-capitalism. It's also why any ideas like anarchism and libertarianism are so stupid.
Debt is built into your existence. Thing slike the commoditization and profit-seeking of inelastic demand are designed to keep you in debt, at work and compliant. It is a systemic problem.
On a personal level, yeah this isn't something I'd want to work on. You also have to live in the world so I don't really blame individuals for doing what they have to go to get by. For those of us who are fortunate to have choices on what not wo work on, yeah I'd hope you'd choose something that isn't designed to profit from human misery.
My one piece of advice is this: if you do choose to do something morally questionable, for your own sake, don't try and rationalize it. Be prepared to say "yeah this thing sucks but a few years of this will make life-changing money" or something like that. Personally, agree or not, I'll respect that as honest (FWIW). Just don't create some contorted rationalization for how it's actually ethical.
I'm having trouble understanding your claim that "markets don't solve everything" and then give an example of a market, that you claims has been captured by unethical interests.
I mean yeah, of course the market doesn't solve that problem, because... it's not a free market?
What you have with institutional investment in real estate, NIMBYism and the treatment of housing as an asset where it becomes a political goal to increase its value (and thus, by definition, reduce its accessibility) is an example of the exploitation of inelastic demand.
People need housing. There are other things they need like food, which has also been commoditized [2]. How about insulin? By having super-expensive insulin in the US you are quite literally profiting off something that people will die without.
Government is what's required here to protect people from predatory hyper-capitalism. It's also why any ideas like anarchism and libertarianism are so stupid.
Debt is built into your existence. Thing slike the commoditization and profit-seeking of inelastic demand are designed to keep you in debt, at work and compliant. It is a systemic problem.
On a personal level, yeah this isn't something I'd want to work on. You also have to live in the world so I don't really blame individuals for doing what they have to go to get by. For those of us who are fortunate to have choices on what not wo work on, yeah I'd hope you'd choose something that isn't designed to profit from human misery.
My one piece of advice is this: if you do choose to do something morally questionable, for your own sake, don't try and rationalize it. Be prepared to say "yeah this thing sucks but a few years of this will make life-changing money" or something like that. Personally, agree or not, I'll respect that as honest (FWIW). Just don't create some contorted rationalization for how it's actually ethical.
[1]: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Austrian_School
[2]: https://theweek.com/articles/492432/did-goldman-sachs-provok...