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minus-squaremanuallybreathing@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkarrow-up24arrow-down9·6 个月前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
minus-squareChonkyOwlbear@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up6arrow-down4·6 个月前The Pueblo, Iroquois, and other non-nomadic Native American groups might disagree about the colonialism part.
minus-squareChonkyOwlbear@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·6 个月前Because they built houses. It’s not like white people invented the idea of home ownership.
minus-squareblindbunny@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·6 个月前Did they own the houses, or were they the communities houses?
minus-squareChonkyOwlbear@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·6 个月前Depends 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-up1arrow-down1·6 个月前Ah yes… The famous Iroquois mortgages… jfc.
minus-squareFishFace@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up3arrow-down1·6 个月前Right 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-up1arrow-down1·edit-26 个月前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.
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.