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minus-squareagent_nycto@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up13arrow-down1·1 day agoHow have we screwed up as a society, much less species, when shelter is seen as a financial investment rather than what it is, a thing we literally need to survive?
minus-squareAsetru@feddit.orglinkfedilinkarrow-up4arrow-down2·1 day agoWell, as houses don’t magically appear out of thin air, I guess it has been like this since we started building permanent shelter.
minus-squarebollybing@lemmynsfw.comlinkfedilinkarrow-up5·1 day agoUntil relatively recently, it wasn’t that uncommon to just go and find some unused land and build a house on it. No intergenerational wealth required.
How have we screwed up as a society, much less species, when shelter is seen as a financial investment rather than what it is, a thing we literally need to survive?
Well, as houses don’t magically appear out of thin air, I guess it has been like this since we started building permanent shelter.
Until relatively recently, it wasn’t that uncommon to just go and find some unused land and build a house on it. No intergenerational wealth required.
Unused by white people?