• Ilovethebomb@sh.itjust.works
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    9 months ago

    Dude, someone who has a freehold home and a retirement portfolio is a multimillionaire in many places.

    There will absolutely be people with large assets and low income struggling to make ends meet.

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        9 months ago

        This is not true. A million dollars buys you a house, so basically cancels rent. But it does not feed you for life and lets you live without working.

        There is a big difference between people who own a millon dollars in money and assets and those who have a million dollars in their checkings account.

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          9 months ago

          Of course, afaik almost no billionaire’s money is liquid either, it’s in properties and businesses and shit.

          Like I’m sure bezos has plenty liquid, but most of his billions is just a valuation of amazon/aws/whatever other shit he owns.

          Like, if we wanted to take all his money we’d have to completely liquidate amazon and aws, and his house etc, selling the assets off to whoever can afford it, it’s not just breaking into his Scrooge McDuck vault full gold coins.

          Not that it’s impossible, it just seems that many people don’t realize this and think it is just the Scrooge McDuck vault.

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            9 months ago

            Yes rich people don’t just sit on piles of cash whether a millionaire or a billionaire.

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            9 months ago

            I wouldn’t say a house is a luxury. It is a necessity.

            Really the whole concept of renting is exploitative.

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              9 months ago

              I wouldn’t say a house is a luxury. It is a necessity.

              Depends on the house.

              Really the whole concept of renting is exploitative.

              Yes, commodifying necessities like housing (food, water, etc) is a fundamental means of exploiting people. Rent is just one aspect of a much larger pyramid scheme based on human deprivation.

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              9 months ago

              A house is a necessity, yes, but not a house in the middle of San Francisco or New York.