• Flying Squid
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    129 months ago

    If, by “this generation,” you mean the past couple of thousand years.

    People rented apartments in ancient Rome. And they had a high rent problem too.

    • @[email protected]
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      39 months ago

      Woah, it’s almost like magnitude matters and the amount of people doing something is important.

      More people are renting than owning.

      • Flying Squid
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        59 months ago

        Very few people in Rome owned their home. It was mostly owned by the upper class.

        • @[email protected]
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          09 months ago

          Yeah, there are two generations.

          The rome generation and this one.

          Nothing in between, and certainly not a generation that valued ownership more than the current one.

          • Flying Squid
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            19 months ago

            No, there are also the many generations in between where the wealthy minority owned almost all of the land and charged for the “privilege” of living there.

            Seriously, I have no idea why you think it’s the norm in history for most people to own their own property.

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              09 months ago

              I have no idea why you think it’s the norm in history for most people to own their own property.

              Because you have a bad habit of making up stances for other people.

              I never said, nor implied, it was the ‘norm in history.’

              My exact words were: “Renting is the biggest scam this generation has convinced itself to fall for” which is true.

              • Flying Squid
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                19 months ago

                Because you have a bad habit of making up stances for other people.

                I was going to respond to the rest of what you said, but first you made this claim. I’m sure you can provide evidence for this. Unless it was a lie, of course. Was it a lie?