• SuperZutsuki [they/them]@hexbear.net
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    6 days ago

    Mr Ruan, a former construction engineer, estimates that a third of homes built in recent years are empty. There was no more work for him in his chosen profession, so he moved to a textile firm. He is stung by the fall in property prices—about 25% in his area. “You feel poorer, you don’t want to spend,” he says. His expectations for the future are more modest. “We just want stability,” he says.

    Oh no, we made a surplus of housing to fulfill the needs of everyone and then some and the housing “market” now favors the proletariat! Won’t somebody think of the poor real estate “industry”?

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      I spent all this money on the biggest TV I could afford, because it was supposed to be a good investment, but since then TVs have only gotten cheaper! What the hell?! Now all I’m left with is this useless TV I bought at market rate, used for many years, and intend to keep using!

      All those years I spent at the TV factory, where I personally made the TVs cheaper and better, and for a good income, and this is what I have to show for it?!