• Fedizen@lemmy.world
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    1 year ago

    #1 Rent and housing - costs of housing are unsustainable

    #2 Affordable transit - prices and sizes of cars are unsustainable

    #3 All other cost of living - people buying groceries on emergency funds

    Nearly all of this can be pointed at a number of big business cartel-like behavior: Air BNB, Price Fixing, Layoffs, Inexplicably high corporate profits, fraud and abusive behavior by individuals and businesses.

    Fund the welfare state for god’s sake.

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        1 year ago

        It will never happen if people just say “it’ll never happen” instead of joining the voices and being an advocate for that change!

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      #1 I am inclined to agree I just bought a crummy cottage because I couldn’t afford rent

      #2 I agree they are selling affordable EVs in China, but they are under tariffs, and nobody else is selling really affordable basic cars

      #3 I kinda disagree… Granted I really only shop at places like Aldi/Walmart because standard grocers are very pricey. Prices aren’t all that bad overall.