• ClimateChangeAnxiety
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    monthly rent being just a few hundred yuan (or five percent of monthly household income)

    I pay roughly 40% of my monthly income in rent. My partner pays 50% of hers.

    • ☆ Yσɠƚԋσʂ ☆OP
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      The fact that simply having a roof over thier head has now become a major expense for the majority of people is probably the best demonstration that liberal capitalism is a failed system.