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A Boring Dystopia

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[–] [email protected] 2 points 7 hours ago

its by design if you actually taken the class on economics , society and govt. it tells you they need a large population in poverty in order to have some that arnt in. its basically a cycle of abuse-stockholm.

[–] [email protected] 9 points 1 day ago

Risky choice. When you can't afford a house anyway there is no need to work hard in the first place. Food and water costs fuck all when compared to housing.

[–] return2ozma 53 points 2 days ago (1 children)

The impossible life of Americans: "Since 1985, rent prices have exceeded income gains by 325 percent"

[–] Sanctus 20 points 2 days ago

Yeah we're all expected to live in shared domiciles with four other families

[–] [email protected] 17 points 2 days ago (1 children)

A major issue is that housing prices is usually affected by decisions made at the local level and local elections have the poorest turnout of all elections.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 7 hours ago

also have nimby groups/and rich aholes preventing housing.