• Ilovethebomb@sh.itjust.works
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    12 hours ago

    This platform is so incredibly out of touch with reality, especially the more left leaning side of things.

    A millionaire these days just means you’ve paid off your mortgage and have a decent amount put away for retirement.

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      11 hours ago

      I only half agree with this assessment. Most million dollar homes are million dollar homes due to billionaires and firms poaching housing from actual families and driving up prices.

      Idk WHERE we draw the line, but I absolutely say we start culling from the top and see where we land.

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        8 hours ago

        The housing market is effed in a lot of places, no argument from me on that. But stringing up someone with a nest egg for their retirement isn’t the solution.

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          6 hours ago

          Oh, for sure, but I’d bet my goat that the problem would go away WELL before people started looking at single family homes actually owned by families.

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        6 hours ago

        That’s not true, considering 60% home ownership. How can most homes be owned by billionaires when most people own their homes. Are most people billionaires?

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      11 hours ago

      Marx himself wrote this long ass book explaining the capitalism of his time, yet modern leftist have no interest understanding the capitalism of their time.