The source is in the lower right corner. Population was in the high one-digit million scale. But none of this matters when one can clearly see how the economy skyrocketed after the soviets left.
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What relevance does it have? A country in Europe that was under soviet oppression between WW2 and the fall of the soviet union. There are several like it and it matters little which one did I happen to born in - all suffered a similar fate.
You said yourself that a penny is too much. What's lower than a penny and not free?
Then the problem is not that the practice of renting exists, but wealth inequality. Which we fully agree on, especially since several mechanisms are at work that further the gap between the rich and the poor. These all should be addressed.
What's holding you back from taking a loan and paying mortgage instead of rent? Risk aversion?
I don't see what I could do to increase the chances of you believing me - thankfully nothing at all depends on it happening.
Oh wait, for the last one I can actually cite some sources:
Now you got me interested: how exactly could this be anything but serious?
Fuck the soviet union - harder than how the soviet troops fucked both my grandmothers when they "liberated" my birth country, and harder than how the soviet rule fucked the economy afterwards.
To use it later when his children would need it.
None of these points have applied to them. I get the feeling it might be a case of culture differences, maybe the toxic landlording mentioned in the meme is more prevalent in the US?
Sure he did, but he provided me with a place to live at, which otherwise I couldn't have afforded. Just like any other service or goods provider.
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