• BombOmOm@lemmy.world
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      5 days ago

      How is it legal that people buy property and rent to those who want to rent instead of buy? My question to you is why wouldn’t it be legal?

      • rocket_dragon@lemmy.dbzer0.com
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        5 days ago

        those who want to rent instead of buy?

        Who actually wants to spend 1/3 of their paycheck on something every month and not own it?

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          It dawned on my that my wife and I pay 30k a year to live in our house. I made 65k last year, the most I’ve ever made and the amount I told myself in Highschool that if I could get a job making that I’d be set. Feels like I’m still bussing tables at fucking Texas Roadhouse.

          For context, im in tech and she’s in the arts. Combined we’re at about 110k a year. Wild that that feels like just scraping by.

    • Viking_Hippie@lemmy.dbzer0.comOP
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      5 days ago

      In a word, corruption.

      In two words, legal corruption.

      In three words, blatant legal corruption.

      In four words, United States political system.

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        Meh.

        1. This isn’t an America problem. People do this in every country

        2. This is capitalism not corruption

        For everyone here’s a fun thought experience. You have a room with 100 people. In that room is 100$. 1 person (Elon Musk let’s say) holds 95$. 4 people (let’s say various CEO class people) hold $1 each. The remaining 95 people share the remaining 1$.

        And yet here we are all fighting because some of our deluded asses think we are going to be one of those 5 people one day.