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minus-square@Skyrmir@lemmy.worldlinkfedilink15•9 months agoThose kids are playing in the market the Boomers created and set the rules for, before they were ever born.
minus-square@Rapidcreek@reddthat.comlinkfedilink-7•9 months agoThose rules were set before the Boomers were born too.
minus-square@gravitas_deficiency@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilink6•9 months agoThat’s categorically untrue. The rules have been semi-fluid and evolving since the real estate market became a thing.
minus-square@Rapidcreek@reddthat.comlinkfedilink-2•9 months agoThe real estate market became a ‘thing’ with John Jacob Astor in the 1830s. And yes investment rules change.
Those kids are playing in the market the Boomers created and set the rules for, before they were ever born.
Those rules were set before the Boomers were born too.
That’s categorically untrue. The rules have been semi-fluid and evolving since the real estate market became a thing.
The real estate market became a ‘thing’ with John Jacob Astor in the 1830s. And yes investment rules change.