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> I think we have a situation where part of the population is literally voting to appropriate wealth from another part of the population. Voting for more immigration which drives up demand for houses and voting for more regulations which constrain the supply of housing.

Yes, sure.

> At the same time, those people who do not own a house are wising up to the scheme and so they increasingly refuse to work or provide value to society.

This seems more like a fringe conspiracy theory. I don't think it's true in an anecdotal or statistically measurable sense.



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