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submitted 5 months ago by lautan@lemmy.ca to c/canada@lemmy.ca

Canadian real estate prices have surged in almost every market, with a typical home price doubling in many regions. A median household in major cities like Toronto and Vancouver would need to save over 20 years for just the down payment, more than 3x the historic average. Seems absurd? The outlandish scenario was apparently a [โ€ฆ]

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[-] SplashJackson@lemmy.ca 1 points 5 months ago

Perhaps instead of giving up on home ownership, today's generations should give up on not guillotining the 1%

[-] rekabis@lemmy.ca 1 points 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago)

That might come to a head within the next decade.

I have already heard rumours of a list (American, I believe, but maybe International) being compiled through debates on who could be taken out to produce the greatest narrowing of the wealth gap. As in, maximum impact with minimum effort.

Because when you hoard so much wealth that you impoverish millions, the question needs to be asked if you still meet the minimum requirements of being human, or if you are truly a parasite fit only to be eliminated. I strongly suspect that the inherent sociopathy of billionaires such as our own Galen Weston, and their abysmal disregard of basic humanity in the pursuit of unbridled greed, makes many to most of them fail to meet this very important threshold.

I may not be among those in the crowd when the torches and pitchforks come out, but imma gonna be holding the door open for them and looking the other way.

this post was submitted on 30 May 2024
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