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Affording a Home while Labor Value is Stolen

Assuming the value of our labor is stolen by executives and investors (e.g. if a week of my time is worth $3000 but I get paid $1000, and the other $2000 goes to the executives and investors), and assuming housing prices are inflated for investing (e.g. a home is worth $100,000 but is valued at $600,000) – a home used to just be a home, not an investment – then that means the financial capacity to own a home is taken out of reach by both low wages and high prices, for the benefit of the executives and investors. So really the theft of labor value now directly decreases the capacity of the worker to attain a basic human right – owning a home. The executives and investors steal the value of your labor and gain the excess value of your home, effectively stealing even more of your labor value.…


Assuming the value of our labor is stolen by executives and investors (e.g. if a week of my time is worth $3000 but I get paid $1000, and the other $2000 goes to the executives and investors), and assuming housing prices are inflated for investing (e.g. a home is worth $100,000 but is valued at $600,000) – a home used to just be a home, not an investment – then that means the financial capacity to own a home is taken out of reach by both low wages and high prices, for the benefit of the executives and investors. So really the theft of labor value now directly decreases the capacity of the worker to attain a basic human right – owning a home. The executives and investors steal the value of your labor and gain the excess value of your home, effectively stealing even more of your labor value. How do we feel about all of this? I don't like having my societal value siphoned away from me with no recourse. Jeff Bezos has our labor and BlackRock has our homes, and Bezos probably invests in BlackRock.

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