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legendary_zell posted...

That system for distributing housing you described is not only just a political stance and not any type of natural law, it's not even how it works now.

It's exactly how it works now. Let me explain later.

Our ideas of what contributes to a society are political and largely arbitrary.

Calling supply and demand economics "arbitrary" is a bit ridiculous and short sighted, but ok.

Houses are not distributed based on "contribution to society" and they never have been.

Of course they are.

What determines what quality of house/living standards you have? How much money you have.

Your net worth and earnings are literally decided by societal contribution, which is determined through the free market, which is determined by what people are willing to pay for the value you bring, which is determined by supply/demand free market economics.

This can be in the form of immensely helping a few individuals (like a doctor or lawyer) or providing tons of enjoyment to countless individuals (like entertainers).

Every exchange of money is someone placing a monetary value on what value you are giving them, based on all the principles stated above.

Even trust fund babies, you can argue their parents did the contributing and they as part of the family unit, get to benefit from those contributions.

So yeah, your contribution to society more or less dictates where you can choose to live.

Very high societal contribution? Live wherever you want. Very low societal contribution? Your choices are more limited.

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