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Re:Even the Rich Are Being Priced Out of Central London by virtuexru on Friday September 02, 2016 @02:30PM (#12415126)
Oh no; the rich aren't rich enough guys!
Re:Even the Rich Are Being Priced Out of Central London by smitherfield on Friday September 02, 2016 @02:35PM (#12415172)
I mean, it's a pretty common sentiment around these parts.

(Replace "London" with "Bay Area")

(It's a very rare person who ever thinks of themselves as "rich enough." Most billionaires don't)

Re:Even the Rich Are Being Priced Out of Central London by toephu2 on Friday September 02, 2016 @02:39PM (#12415206)
How many billionaires do you personally know?
Re:Even the Rich Are Being Priced Out of Central London by HippoViolation on Friday September 02, 2016 @03:19PM (#12415526)
One. can confirm!
Re:Even the Rich Are Being Priced Out of Central London by yomly on Friday September 02, 2016 @03:11PM (#12415462)
While I do enjoy the irony of this situation and your post, the schadenfreud isn't helpful. We're all in this boat together:

When an unbridgeable gap is opening up between even the traditional "elite" (bankers, lawyers, consultants, doctors and now software engineers) and the 1% you have a real problem with social mobility.

If a country has decent access to education, it's not unreasonable to aspire to reach the "elite" with some smarts, luck and grit. That fundamental hope is what ticks over the capitalist incentivisation we have based our economics on. It's what inspired my parents to leave their home country and climb many socioeconomic rungs.

If you remove that belief in the system, people start signing out of society and then you have a big problem. Like Brexit. Like Trump.

Then suddenly war doesn't seem so impossible anymore...