The contiguous 48 states in the US cover a total of ~8 million square kilometers. Europe covers a total of ~10 million square kilometers. China covers a total of ~9 million square kilometers.

So… yeah…

Oh yeah “we’re evil so we’re gonna house people… to exploit them even harder than the capitalist countries who let their people rot on the streets!”

Dude that is such a lie though. They did fix homelessness.

Post-Soviet countries all still have the highest rates of homeownership in the world. That doesn’t happen with “fake statistics”.

They didn’t arrest you if you were homeless or unemployed. They found you a job.

They arrested you if you refused to work, yes. And that happened mostly around WW2, for obvious reasons. Similar things happened in the UK, Germany, France etc etc etc.

Also most people who used to live in the USSR say it took people months to find a house, not years. It was very bureaucratic yes, but not infinitely more than any large nation. Their main issue was ossification of the government.

And you definitely didn’t need a job to get a house. The USSR sponsored dozens of thousands of students from the third and second world to study in the USSR, with free housing, education, food etc etc.

People were heavily incentivized to study for as long as possible. Aka, not work.

Like bro the apartments were built to house people. How is “ending homelessness” not a part of that?

This view is ridiculous, that the USSR only ever did things for the people because they were secretly evil and actually just wanted to exploit people even harder than the capitalist countries that didn’t do anything for their people.

“Communists could never actually want to help people, they are shifty evil people full of guile!”

Like you say they built the apartments to house workers? Why did they invest so heavily in industry? How did that personally benefit the people in charge? Couldn’t it be that having productive industry is the most major part of having a prosperous society, which allows people to have good fulfilling lives?

The kinda shit I do in cities skylines when I get bored

Why do people think the federal budget comes from taxes?

The government prints money, pays for its budget, and THEN it taxes. It can’t wait for tax dollars to pay for the budget. Taxing is to make the dollar necessary and force its flow back to the government.

They mostly “burn” all your tax dollars…

Like the gvmt is not a company. It doesn’t have “obligations” and “revenue”. It fucking PRINTS the money. If any company could print money, they would stop giving a fuck about revenue instantly.

Man if you think the US is the hardest place to live, you truly are drowning in privilege. No offence.

And I hope you do realise that the benefits and ease you have to live life are the direct fruits of the overexploitation of the global south by your government.

Bro I don’t buy anything. Most people don’t buy anything. They live paycheck to paycheck just covering the basics. The little I spend on not being miserable wouldn’t be even 1% enough to save to retire at 35. The only way for me to cut costs is to start squatting? Steal food from the supermarket? Idk. In Minecraft ofc.

Ah… so I have to save 65% of my take home pay…

That’s literally impossible though lmao. 35% of my income is rent. And I already pay way below market rate in my region.

I have to more than double my income suddenly, and pray nothing becomes more expensive.

Basically what you did was something only a very small handful of people can do. It requires a decent amount of luck tbh.

How did you retire at 35…? Wtf