• ileftreddit@piefed.social
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      Private equity figured out that the 2008 panic happened because people were defaulting on mortgages. So they just went straight into the housing market as landlords. They’ll eventually lobby congress to make it illegal for the poor to own housing

    • mrgoosmoos@lemmy.ca
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      you think the oligarchs are going to continue letting us own our stuff instead of renting it?