theHRguy@lemmy.world to Today I Learned@lemmy.worldEnglish · 1 month agoTIL: There are 27.4 Empty Homes for Each Homeless Person in the U.Slockmedium.comexternal-linkmessage-square262linkfedilinkarrow-up1878arrow-down123cross-posted to: publichealth@mander.xyz
arrow-up1855arrow-down1external-linkTIL: There are 27.4 Empty Homes for Each Homeless Person in the U.Slockmedium.comtheHRguy@lemmy.world to Today I Learned@lemmy.worldEnglish · 1 month agomessage-square262linkfedilinkcross-posted to: publichealth@mander.xyz
minus-squareCileTheSane@lemmy.calinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up5·1 month agoIf you own something necessary for survival, that is in short supply, that you don’t need and isn’t being used, and you don’t sell it to someone who does need it because it will be worth more if you continue to hoard it unused, that is greedy.
minus-squarenull_dot@lemmy.dbzer0.comlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1arrow-down1·1 month agoSure ok. By that definition every human since the dawn of time is greedy. Well done.
minus-squarenull_dot@lemmy.dbzer0.comlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1arrow-down1·1 month agoPretty much every product meets that definition. People have been trading things needed for survival since the first stick was used to dig a hole.
minus-squareCileTheSane@lemmy.calinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·30 days ago Pretty much every product meets that definition. Incorrect. Example: a PlayStation. People have been trading things needed for survival since the first stick was used to dig a hole. I believe the topic of conversation is people not trading the thing needed for survival.
If you own something necessary for survival, that is in short supply, that you don’t need and isn’t being used, and you don’t sell it to someone who does need it because it will be worth more if you continue to hoard it unused, that is greedy.
Sure ok. By that definition every human since the dawn of time is greedy. Well done.
How’s that?
Pretty much every product meets that definition.
People have been trading things needed for survival since the first stick was used to dig a hole.
Incorrect. Example: a PlayStation.
I believe the topic of conversation is people not trading the thing needed for survival.