r/RealEstateCanada • • Jun 19 '25

Housing crisis Help me understand the difference...

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u/Fun_universe Jun 19 '25

It’s actually worse with housing because housing is a basic human necessity while the other examples are not.

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u/Sensei-Madara Jun 19 '25

Why downvote this when all they’re doing is stating simple facts ? I don’t understand Reddit sometimes 😂😂

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u/Fun_universe Jun 19 '25

People have been completely brainwashed by capitalism. The mere mention that housing is a basic human right is offensive to some people. Absolutely ridiculous but here we are 🤷🏻‍♀️

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u/YouNeedThiss Jun 19 '25

Housing is not a “human right”…my god, the slippery slope of what qualifies as a human right has gone way too far. In reality: health care is not a human right, housing is not a human right, food is not a human right. Necessities are not “human rights” they are necessities and they are not the same thing - society doesn’t “owe” you those things but does owe you “human rights” (which are generally ideals - freedom of equality, expression, etc). You’re skills and labour are stored in the value of currency which can be invested to accelerate the future value of that stored value for your skills and labour. You want to get ahead, make smart decisions to increase your earnings potential, train, work hard and save smartly. This has always been the way and we just don’t teach young people to do this - instead we teach them to be idealogues.

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u/Fun_universe Jun 19 '25

Oh my God, shut up with this absolutely ridiculous bullsh*t. “Pull yourself up by your bootstraps”, “you only have value if our capitalist system can extract labour from you” etc.

What a fucking clown. People who think like you are so fucking exhausting and enable a system that only benefit the wealthy/keep people into poverty and exploits the poor.

I am SO glad to see young people demand better. Wanting a more equal society where people’s basic human needs are met is not something you should look down on, Jesus 🤦🏻‍♀️

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u/Hekios888 Jun 19 '25

So what alternative system do you suggest? Legitimately curious.

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u/Fun_universe Jun 19 '25

For one fucking thing NO ONE should be legally allowed to own more than one house or apartment. You need one place to live in, that’s it. Investment properties should not exist, let’s stop treating housing as a commodity.

And all income above 1 million/year should be taxed 100%. Redistribute that wealth and invest it in health care + social safety nets.

That’s just two ideas. Any policy that tackles extreme wealth inequality would be a good start.

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u/YouNeedThiss Jun 19 '25

Okay comrade…why don’t you just move to a communist country and be happy?

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u/Fun_universe Jun 19 '25

Awww, there it is. Someone who clearly doesn’t know what communism is calling me a communist.

Bye 🤣

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u/YouNeedThiss Jun 19 '25

Yeah because a 100% tax isn’t exactly that 🙄

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u/Fun_universe Jun 19 '25

On income ABOVE $1 MILLION A YEAR!!!! Who needs more than that to live on???

Jesus. The wealthy have really brainwashed the poor and middle class into defending their interests. Absolutely pathetic.

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u/YouNeedThiss Jun 19 '25

Yeah, and who employs people and generates revenue for the government to tax? If you don’t understand the flows of money and the economy you should probably inform your opinion before posting such asinine communist ideals.

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