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A Boring Dystopia

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[–] [email protected] 2 points 8 hours ago

Fresh Fruit for Rotting Vegetables track #4

[–] feedum_sneedson 18 points 15 hours ago (2 children)
[–] [email protected] 14 points 15 hours ago (5 children)

In a word, corruption.

In two words, legal corruption.

In three words, blatant legal corruption.

In four words, United States political system.

[–] feedum_sneedson 4 points 13 hours ago (1 children)

It's the same here in the UK, unfortunately. Is that neoliberalism? Or just a rehashed kind of feudalism? I don't know, I'm mostly a gardener.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 12 hours ago

Yeah, it's pretty much a defining aspect of Neoliberalism. Just like turning the corruption up to 11 in both severity and blatancy is a hallmark of the economics of fascism.

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[–] BombOmOm 2 points 11 hours ago (8 children)

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?

[–] [email protected] 3 points 10 hours ago (3 children)

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?

[–] BombOmOm 5 points 10 hours ago (1 children)

Biggest plusses people argue in favor is not having to maintain the property yourself and being able to move much more easily. If you are one of the people who would prefer to buy, I highly recommend you do so. Maintaining your own stuff is quite nice, as it lets you keep it up to the quality you desire.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 10 hours ago (1 children)

Lmao this guy thinks landlords maintain the property.

Great, you can move more easily to another overpriced unmaintained property. You will own nothing and you will be happy about it.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 10 hours ago (2 children)

My exact thoughts. Never had anything in my apartments maintained by the landlord, always had to maintain everything myself at my own expense. And despite maintaining it for them, they still keep our deposits when we try to leave.

Keep our deposits, jack up rent despite doing nothing for us, and when they sell to a new landlord you have rich freaks coming into your home while you’re eating your lunch in your kitchen to stare at you and inspect the place to decide if they want to purchase you or not.

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[–] Melvin_Ferd 0 points 7 hours ago

I mean why not?

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