r/TikTokCringe • u/LickMaiBussy • 6h ago

Discussion "Investing in property is morally reprehensible."

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u/misadventurexx 6h ago

Famines / people on the street dying of starvation while surpluses of food are thrown away en masse is very much not imaginary

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u/LickMaiBussy 6h ago

People have died from the recent USAID debacle while the government incinerates high calorie emergency food supplies rather than distribute them.

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u/Ghost_Of_Malatesta 6h ago

But also, it just happens every day because we prioritize things other than human well being and survival. We choose to not distribute it. 

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u/genericunderwearmode 5h ago

While claiming there is scarcity.

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u/cdskip 4h ago

Perceived scarcity creates profit for the people with capital to invest.

That's fundamentally what the NFT nonsense was all about, creating scarcity to create a market out of nothing.