>Do you always attack people so personal? "Education on me has been wasted" :)?

I specifically take offence that you were suggesting on a forum like this that Amsterdam is some anti-capitalist stronghold, which is just ridiculous, and if you spread that notion in a place like this, you are doing economic harm to the Netherlands, which i am assuming you are part of. So that would be .. not so smart.

>I said GroenLinks was dominant under upper white middle class

It's not though. It's dominant under all those students here. Amsterdam is also a student city. Which makes sense, since its a progressive environmentally reactionary party, but their demographics dont really extend beyond 30.

>Which it is since it's the biggest party in the council at the moment

We don't have a first past the pole system, so 'biggest' doesn't mean anything. No single party has a majority. In terms of ideologies there is a progressive majority, there is a capitalist majority, there is an environmental majority.

The previous city election had a lot of VVDers voting for GL because they want to kick the cars out of the center. (which would double the property value of most real estate there)

But now compare those results to the results of the general election in Amsterdam, where they are just the 3rd party, after both D66 and the VVD.

>And is by far, with it's dominant leader, the most dominant voice in the current council; to call them left is not a stretch, it's in their name.

Femke is not dominant at all. She doesn't actually set the policy, she reports to the Hague. Thats how a mayor works in the Netherlands. The central government generally doesn't want to deal with anyone not in the inner circle of national politics. And making her mayor was Rutte trying to buy some votes in the 1st chamber, when his coalition didn't have a majority there any more.

She does have the ability to veto in her position, or to give a direct order to the police, and she has used it twice so far. The first time was when the city councel wanted to ban booze on boots in the canals, and she considered it unenforceable and ridiculous. The other was quite recently, when she banned fireworks for this New Years Eve. In both cases, i suspect she did that based on direct feedback by the police deparment.

>the house restrictions policy for sure can be described as anti capitalistic since they limit the free use of your capital (,house)

The basis of capitalism are:
- ability to incorporate (the company itself being a legal entity)
- contract law (the words in the contract holier than any human relationship)
- state monopoly on violence (enforcing the exact words in the contract)
- regulated and well defined ability to own things (esspecially real-estate)

If cars weren't regulated, you wouldn't dare buy one. If hotels aren't regulated, tourists wouldn't dare to come. You need the gilds, you need a waag, you need a court and a city hall where all the merchants can use a democratic process to avoid the tragedy of the commons.

So, your example. You don't own the land. It's all a lease. A lease of which the terms can change at will, by the true property owner, which is the city of Amsterdam, which is owned by the state.

The merchant of Amsterdam democratically decided they prefer less AirBnB, because it means more monies on average. Because tourists are poor, and residents are rich.

>Or only allowing buyers that will live in the houses.

Again, the city buys what it wants. It wants a high income earner to come live in Amsterdam, and they are much more likely to do that, when they aren't burning their rent. Same thing with social housing. We all need nurses, teachers and police officers. If they can't live here, the city can't hire them. If they can't teach, heal and protect its rich citizen, they will leave.

>but it's definitely not a stretch for me to classify them as left.

I understand, and i would definatley agree that GL brands itself as left wing. But you shouldn't confuse the marketing for the products.

There are very few people in the city counsel without a fat stock portfolio. Amsterdam is a very capitalistic place. If you still dont believe me, try getting an organic juice at one of the far-left hippie bars in Amsterdam Noord for free.