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[–] -5 points 2 years ago (1 child)

Good thing there are plenty of places to live outside of major cities.

The only people who this isn't a solution for are those who feel they're entitled to live in places they can't afford 🤷

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  • [–] 6 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (1 child)

    A lot of people like not commuting several hours a day, or having access to actual culture, or not being constantly robbed by meth heads, or not being murdered because of their Identity, or about a million other things that are difficult to impossible outside of cities...

    But fuck all the queer and trans people who escaped to the safety of cities. If they can't afford t, they shouldn't be there, right? /s

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  • [–] -3 points 2 years ago (1 child)

    If they can’t afford t, they shouldn’t be there, right?

    What makes them exempt from supply and demand?

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  • [–] 1 point 2 years ago (1 child)

    "The invisible hand" is literally a metaphor for god. Sorry, I'm not in the capitalist suicide cult.

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  • [–] 1 point 2 years ago (1 child)

    So... what do we do when there is scarcity?

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  • [–] 3 points 2 years ago (1 child)

    Totally. I wish we lived in a culture that valued taking excess from those who have it and giving it to those who need it.

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  • [–] 4 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)

    We have to create that culture. You're not alone. That's the world that most people want to live in. The more we talk to each other and the more we're able to connect, the more we can work together to make that happen.

    There's obviously enough for everyone, but we choose to pretend there isn't. We choose to pretend that the people who artificially restrict access to things people need to survive are ligitmiate and have the right to restrict access to food and housing. We pretend the people who enact that violence on behalf of these borders are heros. We pretend the imaginary rules they enforce on us have power. We pretend paper and imaginary numbers should dictate who lives, who dies, and who has the right to dictate the actions of others.

    We're playing a game together with made up rules. We pretend that there isn't enough so that people who have too much can take even more from people who don't. This is a stupid game that we should stop playing. Just by being aware of this, we can start to change the rules.

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