▲ 2111 ▼ Fucking leeches (lemmy.dbzer0.com) submitted 1 year ago by Viking_Hippie@lemmy.dbzer0.com to c/aboringdystopia@lemmy.world 356 comments fedilink hide all child comments
[–] circuitfarmer@lemmy.sdf.org 89 points 1 year ago (2 children) They act like everyone could do this. If everyone did this, the system would fail, because the profit here is scooped off the top with no actual production or service. permalink fedilink source hideshow 4 child comments replies: [–] Cort@lemmy.world 27 points 1 year ago (1 child) It would also require everyone to own 4+ houses which isn't exactly feasible permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] Lyrl@lemm.ee 2 points 1 year ago* It would require a lot of housing density for everyone to own four dwellings (and would kill rent demand well and good), but I wouldn't call it infeasible. For everyone to have a quarter acre lawn and a 2,000 square foot house that shares no walls with neighbors? With those additional requirements having everyone own four is infeasible, sure, but a belief that's the only dwelling worth owning is how we have throttled our housing supply in the first place. permalink fedilink source parent [–] phindex@lemmy.world 0 points 1 year ago (1 child) The product/service is the use of the property for the specified time. How is this any different from renting a SeeDo for an hour? And if everyone did this when they were able to, rents across the board would be dirt cheap. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] circuitfarmer@lemmy.sdf.org 3 points 1 year ago How is this any different from renting a SeeDo for an hour? Well, one has to do with recreation, and the other has to do with basic necessities of humans. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] Cort@lemmy.world 27 points 1 year ago (1 child) It would also require everyone to own 4+ houses which isn't exactly feasible permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] Lyrl@lemm.ee 2 points 1 year ago* It would require a lot of housing density for everyone to own four dwellings (and would kill rent demand well and good), but I wouldn't call it infeasible. For everyone to have a quarter acre lawn and a 2,000 square foot house that shares no walls with neighbors? With those additional requirements having everyone own four is infeasible, sure, but a belief that's the only dwelling worth owning is how we have throttled our housing supply in the first place. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] Lyrl@lemm.ee 2 points 1 year ago* It would require a lot of housing density for everyone to own four dwellings (and would kill rent demand well and good), but I wouldn't call it infeasible. For everyone to have a quarter acre lawn and a 2,000 square foot house that shares no walls with neighbors? With those additional requirements having everyone own four is infeasible, sure, but a belief that's the only dwelling worth owning is how we have throttled our housing supply in the first place. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] phindex@lemmy.world 0 points 1 year ago (1 child) The product/service is the use of the property for the specified time. How is this any different from renting a SeeDo for an hour? And if everyone did this when they were able to, rents across the board would be dirt cheap. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] circuitfarmer@lemmy.sdf.org 3 points 1 year ago How is this any different from renting a SeeDo for an hour? Well, one has to do with recreation, and the other has to do with basic necessities of humans. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] circuitfarmer@lemmy.sdf.org 3 points 1 year ago How is this any different from renting a SeeDo for an hour? Well, one has to do with recreation, and the other has to do with basic necessities of humans. permalink fedilink source parent
