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minus-squaremanuallybreathing@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkarrow-up24arrow-down9·2 months agoThe american dream of home ownership is rooted in settler colonialism, and used as a tool to keep workers in debt and afraid to take risks organising
minus-squareFishFace@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up3arrow-down1·2 months agoRight that’s why no other country had dreams of home ownership. American exceptionalism really did a number on you guys!
minus-squaretechnocrit@lemmy.dbzer0.comlinkfedilinkarrow-up1arrow-down1·edit-22 months agoPretty sure almost every other country also inflicted or was subjected to colonialism/imperialism. For example, people in Belgium also have dreams of home ownership. That’s part of why they genocided people in Africa. This is ubiquitous.
minus-squareChonkyOwlbear@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up6arrow-down4·2 months agoThe Pueblo, Iroquois, and other non-nomadic Native American groups might disagree about the colonialism part.
minus-squareChonkyOwlbear@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·2 months agoBecause they built houses. It’s not like white people invented the idea of home ownership.
minus-squareblindbunny@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·2 months agoDid they own the houses, or were they the communities houses?
minus-squareChonkyOwlbear@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·2 months agoDepends on the group. Iroquois houses were communal but Pueblo were more like townhomes. Other groups, like the Mississippian culture built individual homes.
minus-squaretechnocrit@lemmy.dbzer0.comlinkfedilinkarrow-up1arrow-down1·2 months agoAh yes… The famous Iroquois mortgages… jfc.
The american dream of home ownership is rooted in settler colonialism, and used as a tool to keep workers in debt and afraid to take risks organising
Right that’s why no other country had dreams of home ownership.
American exceptionalism really did a number on you guys!
Pretty sure almost every other country also inflicted or was subjected to colonialism/imperialism.
For example, people in Belgium also have dreams of home ownership. That’s part of why they genocided people in Africa. This is ubiquitous.
The Pueblo, Iroquois, and other non-nomadic Native American groups might disagree about the colonialism part.
Why?
Because they built houses. It’s not like white people invented the idea of home ownership.
Did they own the houses, or were they the communities houses?
Depends on the group. Iroquois houses were communal but Pueblo were more like townhomes. Other groups, like the Mississippian culture built individual homes.
Ah yes… The famous Iroquois mortgages… jfc.