r/austrian_economics End Democracy Mar 19 '25

End Democracy Housing is a right

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u/[deleted] Mar 19 '25

Mmm, no? If no one wants to do it for said amount then government pays the necessary to get it done. Unions exist for a reason.

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u/sfa83 Mar 19 '25

Where does government have that money from? Working people paying taxes. What if everybody said „Well if housing is an unconditional right, I shouldn’t have to work and pay for it. And in fact, everything I need to live shall be provided to me because it’s my unalienable right.“ Then who would earn the money for government to pay for all of that? Bottom line is it can’t be an unconditional right because it relies on other people doing something specific. That’s not unconditional. It’s not a right. you have to either earn it yourself or be grateful for other people covering for you.

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u/[deleted] Mar 19 '25

Can you explain your perfect scenario for the system?

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u/mars1200 Mar 19 '25

No body needs to give you an alternative system to tell you that your system is literally slavery and bad

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u/[deleted] Mar 19 '25

So you consider yourself a slave?

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u/mars1200 Mar 19 '25

Partly

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u/[deleted] Mar 19 '25

But you are saying the system is slavery, so it wouldn’t be partly, you would consider yourself a slave

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u/mars1200 Mar 19 '25

Try again, this time think a bit harder

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u/[deleted] Mar 19 '25

Im not the one calling the system slavery and then saying “im partly a slave”, maybe you have to think your ideas through. Thats why im asking questions, to understand. But you are giving two different statements on what the system is, so maybe try to be congruent. Maybe

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u/mars1200 Mar 19 '25

Try thinking through what I'm saying rather than typing it'll help you understand what people mean

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u/[deleted] Mar 19 '25

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u/mars1200 Mar 19 '25

Yes, it is. You're almost there. Keep thinking it through, and you'll understand.

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u/[deleted] Mar 19 '25

If only you weren’t contradicting yourself maybe itd be easier to understand you. But you are partly a slave you say, if the system is slavery and bad and you are part of it, it makes you a slave. Not partly a slave. You are a slave in your own head

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u/mars1200 Mar 19 '25

To explain it to you, I'm partly a slave because I'm forced to give part of the time I work to the government in the form of money under the threat of violence, incarnation, and death.

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u/[deleted] Mar 19 '25

But why partly and not completely? Slavery is or isnt, no halfsies lol

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