• paultimate14@lemmy.world
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      1 year ago

      Some people WANT to have short-term commitments to their housing location. That is currently accomplished through rent. That’s an important distinction you are missing while trying to preserve elements of familiarity with the way the world currently works.

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      1 year ago

      People don’t “want to rent”. They want shelter. It’s just that renting is the easiest way to get that.

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          1 year 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.