Sounds like a class act.
As long as there are no negative consequences for billionaires to behave like this they will continue to do so. Only a matter of time until people take matters into their hands.
The pubcos have made it unprofitable by profiteering.
Neither of these are indicative of a free and functioning market.
Are you a sockpuppet for the other user here that wrote a very similar comment ?
Money is NOT the entire (nor even accurate) scorecard for all things. The "free market" is not the best solution to all problems (e.g., start with the Tragedy Of The Commons, which "free markets systematically exacerbate).
Just because the external benefits of a more cohesive society and pleasant neighborhood cannot be full monetized does not mean they don't exist or there is not much more value there than appears in your idea of profit.
Tautologically using profits as the measure of value is idiotically reductionist.
Pubs are now incredibly expensive, a lot of this comes from the pubco scandal. At the other end you have people like Mr Aziz ensuring these hubs of the community get shut down.
People are more likely to organise if they have somewhere to meet.
How about the community aspect of it? Anything positive from people gathering, being social?
Clearly there should be some truth to my friends anecdotal joke if you’re responding this way.
You mean like Apple or Microsoft ? /s