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Re:Berlin buys thousands of apartments from corporate landlords by yunohn on Saturday September 18, 2021 @11:36AM (#28577039)
> Are you sure you want to live in that kind of world, where some political elite gets to decide your fate?

Whenever people say stuff like this, I wonder if they’ve ever taken a moment to look around themselves and see that it is already that way. The current housing problem is also orchestrated by the same political elite…

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Re:Berlin buys thousands of apartments from corporate landlords by xyzzyz on Saturday September 18, 2021 @12:17PM (#28577297)
There is a difference between policies making your desired place more expensive, and being literally dependent on some corrupt government officials, who is handing out apartments as favors for allies, or just for bribes.
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