Why do you assume most of us live near a coast?
Flumsy
joined 1 year ago
Wdym with coastal?
Originally yes but I doubt many people know that it came from (boat?) gears...
Similar to the German "All paths lead to Rome".
In Germany, we have:
"To not have all mugs in the cupboard anymore" ("Nicht mehr alle Tassen im Schrank haben") which translates to doing something incredibly stupid/crazy
"To search yourself a wolf" ("sich einen Wolf suchen) which means to search for something extensively and in the end unsuccesfully.
"To add one additional tooth" ("einen Zahn zulegen"), meaning to hurry, to do something faster.
"To defeat your inner pigdog" ("seinen inneren Schweinehund besiegen" - to get over one's lazyness, to stop procrastinating
Im saying it doesnt make a difference to you if they got it from their relatives or not, the point is: somebody earned it (or usually they earned it themselves.
So you are admitting that comparing it to farming was a stupid thing of you to say.
(?) No... It makes no difference to me if there was labour involved or not, what matters to me is the value.
About the public housing thing, how would that help? Isnt that just everybody (the public) paying for everybody else's housing? How would that make any difference?
I dont know anything about zoning laws but after looking it up it sounds pretty dumb, we dont have that here where I live (large city in central Europe).
The landlord collects my rent because he owns the house. Not because of any labour they do. And you admit that.
Exactly, as is the case with any investment.
And I'm not envious of landlords, I don't think they should exist.
So should nobody be able to own any land OR should one not be allowed to rent out one's land?
… and because you dont really have a choice, you shouldnt have to give them any money?
In your previous comment you said "You choose to give them money".
You said you dont have a choice, and the question refers to that statement. Those are both your statements ("I dont have a choice" and "they dont deserve my money"). That doesnt mean that I agree with either of them... I still stand by my point.
Im asking for the reason why not having a choice (according to you) would mean, if that was the case, that they dont deserve money.
... and because you dont really have a choice, you shouldnt have to give them any money?
You also dont have a choice not to buy food but that doesnt mean that the farmers shouldnt be payed for it. I have the impression that with landlords, people are just envious because they dont have to actively do labour even though that doesnt change anything for you...
Yes, actually. Where do you think their money came from? (Alternatively their relatives may have earned it, that shouldnt make a difference for you though).
Serious question: Cant you just take out a loan from a bank, buy a house, move there, cancel your rental apartment/house and then pay off the loan?
Of course houses are expensive but is there a genuine lack of availability?
Exactly and then you can block that one addressband you dont get spam anymore. You can make the addresses up as you go btw, it will receive every email sent to your domain anywaya