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PerspectikaQuestion of the day · August 14, 2026
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Deliberation & discourse
Yes: the state should guarantee affordable housing because a society cannot deliberate as equals when some people are bargaining from a doorway, a sofa, or a shelter. Housing is not a luxury add-on to democracy; it is part of the floor on which equal citizenship stands.
Discourse EthicsFurther reading: Jürgen Habermas (*1929)
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Critique of power
Be careful: a state guarantee of housing can become a machinery for deciding who counts as a proper resident, a normal family, a deserving poor person. The issue is not whether people need homes; it is whether state power should be trusted to define need, discipline behaviour and call that emancipation.
Critique of Power / PoststructuralismFurther reading: Michel Foucault (1926–1984) · Judith Butler (*1956)
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