• BlameThePeacock@lemmy.ca
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    16 hours ago

    The billionaire fortunes pale in comparison to the trillions of dollars of unearned appreciation owned by regular home owners.

    It’s the unearned part that matters most, at least capital investment has some benefit to the economy. Real estate appreciation adds literally zero value to the economy.

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        15 hours ago

        By Purchasing up and holding the supply empty, artificially creating the housing crisis by lobbying against affordable housing construction and exploiting the rent economy of our cities. The rich are outcompeting us for resources.

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          14 hours ago

          What do regular home owners have to do with it? Most regular home owners only own one home.

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            5 hours ago

            No one mentioned regular home owners. Why are you making devisive comments not related to any point that were made?

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              The billionaire fortunes pale in comparison to the trillions of dollars of unearned appreciation owned by regular home owners.

              Yes they did.

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                2 hours ago

                You’ll notice it wasn’t me though, so why am I being asked what somebody I’m actively disagreeing with means by “regular homeowners”?

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                5 hours ago

                Bollocks, billionaire propaganda. Less that 3,000 people collectively control more than 90% of the World’s wealth. It doesn’t pale in comparison to anything. You’re just a bootlicker, or contrarian, makes no difference. You’re still wrong.

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            11 hours ago

            I’ve made a million dollars in appreciation on my home in the last 15 years.

            Are you telling me just because I own one home, that I’m not part of the problem?

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              5 hours ago

              Correct. I’m telling you that individuals owning a single home aren’t part of the problem.

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                1 hour ago

                Individuals voting to keep the value of their home from dropping down to reasonable levels ARE the problem. That’s almost all home owners.