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Comment by imtringued

7 months ago

This is basically it. Rent scales with average income in a location, so no matter how wealthy a society is, the struggle to pay the most basic living expense (shelter) will always remain. You can't escape the rat race without owning property or earning above average income.

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valiant55  7 months ago

Always is a strong word, just abolish private property.

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