Berlin's election showed resounding support for left-wing parties. They now hold the majority. Die Linke, the clear winner, made a key promise to return large residential property holdings to public ownership.
Immediately, defeated "conservative" party members, who have profited from property speculation for decades, complained that "this will scare off investors."
I think it's important to be clear on the role of investors: they don't "bring money" into the city; their job is to extract it.
~n
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