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		direwolf20 24 days ago \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: The AI boom is causing shortages everywhere else Rent is defined as unearned income attracted by a dominant market position. If we wanted people to afford rent it'd be more efficient to set rent to zero by fiat.

devmor 24 days ago [–]

I agree, but UBI is far more likely to come to fruition than eliminating the majority of the US's largest asset-based speculative market.

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