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Because it's in their best interests to demonize whatever came out of a non-capitalist system, which people could naturally gravitate towards in a time when hom
by rlili 2y ago
Because it's in their best interests to demonize whatever came out of a non-capitalist system, which people could naturally gravitate towards in a time when homelessness is at an all-time high and a home ownership rate at an all-time low.
- delecti 2y agoI broadly agree that the BBC has a vested interest in demonizing non-capitalist systems, but home ownership rates haven't deviated terribly much for the past half-century.
- Muromec 2y agoYou can still have the housing shortage without even the concept of home ownership. If anything, soviet union was constantly in a state of housing shortage. If you take by square meter per person and compare it to the current state of affairs in affluent places that complain about things, you will realize how bad it was.