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Fabio G.

@storyworker

«meaning I don't have to buy one»

I would say this inference is incorrect. “Buy” and “rent” aren't the only housing occupancy arrangements there are. They're the most prevalent by far in societies like yours, but eliminating “rent” doesn't mean “buy” is the only option remaining.

Most likely, eliminating “rent” would leave room for many other types of housing arrangements, including some where you don't have to own the home you live in if that's not what you want.

@violetmadder

23 August at 1:38 | Wall-to-wall | Open on mastodon.social
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story worker

@magitweeter @violetmadder I'm happy with the inference, as it is. You're welcome to see it as being incorrect, though, but that's none of my business.

23 August at 3:28 | Open on radicalsocial.work
Fabio G.

@storyworker

You're happy that the only options for someone who wants a house to live in are buy and rent?

@violetmadder

23 August at 5:10 | Open on mastodon.social
story worker

@magitweeter @violetmadder no, I am content with the fact that those are the only "options" for *me* .
Where did you get the idea from that I applied the same principle to others?
I'm simply offering a single perspective, based on lived experience, and such perspectives can offer as much nuance as may be called for.

23 August at 5:13 | Open on radicalsocial.work
Fabio G. replied to story

@storyworker

Would you say this conversation was ever about anything other than yourself and your lived experience?

@violetmadder

23 August at 5:15 | Open on mastodon.social
story worker replied to Fabio

@magitweeter @violetmadder oh. absolutely not, it is all about my lived experience as a renter, with a long history of renting- good and bad.
Feel free to ignore it though, I know it goes against common narrative

23 August at 5:18 | Open on radicalsocial.work
Fabio G. replied to story

@storyworker

So it goes. We've been on different conversations all along. Ah well, i won't waste your time or mine any longer. Good luck.

@violetmadder

23 August at 5:23 | Open on mastodon.social
story worker replied to Fabio

@magitweeter @violetmadder it's been the same conversation.

Yours truly,
A *renter*.

23 August at 5:26 | Open on radicalsocial.work
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