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[-] zarkanian@sh.itjust.works 25 points 2 weeks ago

People don't "want to rent". They want shelter. It's just that renting is the easiest way to get that.

[-] Photuris@lemmy.ml 5 points 2 weeks ago

People don’t “want to work.” They want money. It’s just that working is the easiest way for most people to get that.

Well, thanks Captain Obvious. Statements like that are technically true, but how helpful are they for contributing to a conversation?

[-] zarkanian@sh.itjust.works 12 points 2 weeks ago

People don’t “want to work.”

I don't think that's true, but I suppose then we'd have a debate over what "work" is.

Statements like that are technically true, but how helpful are they for contributing to a conversation?

Well, we were having a discussion about renting vs. owning which you seemed to understand were two different things.

[-] MadhuGururajan@programming.dev 2 points 2 weeks ago

greedy people have this weird argument that the rest of humanity shares their mental illness of worshiping money.

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