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  • It can seem like that, but the prisoner’s dilemma breaks down when you realize that in the real world, interactions like that where people can get screwed over or not rarely happen once, and screwing someone over has consequences outside of that interaction.

    Like, if a shop screws over customers, sure, on paper it seems to make sense because they are making money in each interaction, but people will stop going to that shop, and tell other people to never go there, eventually closing the shop.



  • Ok but the flip side of this is some ultimate freedom. If everything you do is going to eventually be forgotten, you may as well do what you want. And the concept of meaning doesn’t exist in the universe outside of the human experience, so whatever meaning you decide for your life is equally valid. If you decide your meaning to life is eating Doritos and watching anime, that’s just as valid as a CEO and ultimately through history just as important.

    So go out and be weird and do whatever you feel like.









  • Rentals are always going to be more expensive than owning though. If you own a property that you rent out, you always charge more than what it costs per month or you’d be losing money.

    I’m not disagreeing with you on your main point here, but I’m just saying that even though the boomers screwed the market, that doesn’t mean that poor people on fixed incomes who own a house don’t get screwed with high property taxes.