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And yet an individual has to “play the game” to avoid falling into poverty. I’m not sure what else could be done here. Anyway, privilege begets privilege beyond all else, and at the end it’s mostly luck of the draw.
Reform or overthrow the system instead of participating in it to the detriment of others.
Start or join a housing co-op.
Do something to alleviate the harm, or provide an alternative system.
If you have enough assets/credit to consider getting a home mortgage, you have enough assets/credit to make a meaningful difference.
No more excuses.
In a broken system, doing good, being moral, has costs, is difficult.
Instead of leveraging your privelege to increase or sustain your privilege, leverage it toward effective change.
"I don't know what else you're supposed to do" is why the machine keeps grinding everyone to death, is why more and more people become homeless, is ultimately why the planet's climate is now fucked beyond repair and we can now only attempt to cope with the now unstoppable changes that are coming.
You understand what you are doing by participating in the system, therfore, you either condone it, or you're a hypocrite.
I wish I had the capital and time to try to fix the system. I’m not rich, I have to work to pay the bills and mortgage. I do understand my relative privilege and so try to do good where I can. I’m involved in 3 charitable organizations locally. We help feed and house lots of people. We bring clean drinking water to desperate populations elsewhere. I raise more money doing this than I could by taking my salary and directly spending it to fix an entire system. So, am I still a hypocrite? Boolean, absolutist thinking actually hinders progress.