• @iopq@lemmy.world
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    20 days ago

    Look at the scale, it’s between 63-68 for decades and the top number was literally a bubble

    I agree that not all of the productivity gains go to the workers, but the workers are better off now than before

    • @Cowbee@lemmy.ml
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      120 days ago

      I am referring to the literal times we live in. Single-family housing units are being gobbled up by large firms, this will not show up on your graph just yet.

      The Workers are now recieving even less of the Value they create than before, that’s a wild way to justify this.

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        20 days ago

        Corporations owning houses is a tiny percentage, again, home ownership rate is 60%+

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            020 days ago

            It’s not even a special problem if a corp is a landlord or just one person.

            The problem is not enough housing, not enough construction. Housing prices are actually decreasing in Austin because Texas builds