MTZ@lemmy.world to Lemmy Shitpost@lemmy.world · 10 days agoBank Workers, Rejoice!lemmy.worldimagemessage-square204linkfedilinkarrow-up11.24K
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minus-squaremanuallybreathing@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkarrow-up24·10 days agoThe american dream of home ownership is rooted in settler colonialism, and used as a tool to keep workers in debt and afraid to take risks organising
minus-squareChonkyOwlbear@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up6·9 days agoThe Pueblo, Iroquois, and other non-nomadic Native American groups might disagree about the colonialism part.
minus-squareChonkyOwlbear@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·9 days agoBecause they built houses. It’s not like white people invented the idea of home ownership.
minus-squareblindbunny@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·9 days agoDid they own the houses, or were they the communities houses?
minus-squareChonkyOwlbear@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·9 days agoDepends on the group. Iroquois houses were communal but Pueblo were more like townhomes. Other groups, like the Mississippian culture built individual homes.
minus-squaretechnocrit@lemmy.dbzer0.comlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·9 days agoAh yes… The famous Iroquois mortgages… jfc.
minus-squareFishFace@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up3·9 days agoRight that’s why no other country had dreams of home ownership. American exceptionalism really did a number on you guys!
minus-squaretechnocrit@lemmy.dbzer0.comlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·9 days agoPretty sure almost every other country also inflicted or was subjected to colonialism/imperialism. For example, people in Belgium also have dreams of home ownership. That’s part of why they genocided people in Africa. This is ubiquitous.
The american dream of home ownership is rooted in settler colonialism, and used as a tool to keep workers in debt and afraid to take risks organising
The Pueblo, Iroquois, and other non-nomadic Native American groups might disagree about the colonialism part.
Why?
Because they built houses. It’s not like white people invented the idea of home ownership.
Did they own the houses, or were they the communities houses?
Depends on the group. Iroquois houses were communal but Pueblo were more like townhomes. Other groups, like the Mississippian culture built individual homes.
Ah yes… The famous Iroquois mortgages… jfc.
Right that’s why no other country had dreams of home ownership.
American exceptionalism really did a number on you guys!
Pretty sure almost every other country also inflicted or was subjected to colonialism/imperialism.
For example, people in Belgium also have dreams of home ownership. That’s part of why they genocided people in Africa. This is ubiquitous.