return2ozma@lemmy.world to News@lemmy.world · 1 year agoThe rental market is softening so fast in some pockets of the country that landlords have no choice but to offer concessionsfortune.comexternal-linkmessage-square32fedilinkarrow-up1235arrow-down119
arrow-up1216arrow-down1external-linkThe rental market is softening so fast in some pockets of the country that landlords have no choice but to offer concessionsfortune.comreturn2ozma@lemmy.world to News@lemmy.world · 1 year agomessage-square32fedilink
minus-squaregrilledcheesecowboy@kbin.sociallinkfedilinkarrow-up2arrow-down2·1 year agoThat’s really only true if the good that’s being purchased is necessary to live.
minus-squareZeppo@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·1 year agoI think it’s somewhat the opposite. Being forced to pay an extortionate price because otherwise you will be homeless, lose your possession, live on the street, beg friends or family for help, or live in a homeless shelter, isn’t a free market.
minus-squaremsage@programming.devlinkfedilinkarrow-up0·1 year agoOh it’s a free market alright. It’s not fair, but it is free.
minus-squareFaeDrifter@midwest.sociallinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·1 year agoYou could use that reasoning to justify that anything is a free market. The government is free to pass laws, the people are free to overthrow it.
That’s really only true if the good that’s being purchased is necessary to live.
I think it’s somewhat the opposite. Being forced to pay an extortionate price because otherwise you will be homeless, lose your possession, live on the street, beg friends or family for help, or live in a homeless shelter, isn’t a free market.
Oh it’s a free market alright.
It’s not fair, but it is free.
You could use that reasoning to justify that anything is a free market. The government is free to pass laws, the people are free to overthrow it.