I've just "bought" a flat in a city. It was expensive.
I realised that I will never be able to pay off the mortgage, unless something boosts my finances. Would be nice to win the National Lottery or to happen upon a mattress stuffed with cash. It would be nice (but perhaps this is the least likely of all) to make a big success out of my business.
An aquaintance said to me recently that he did not like the idea of this kind of "buying", of paying loads of interest to a bank, and having all the hassle of selling it again when you want to move, risks included. Better to rent, he said. Less complicated. It's easier to move around and no risks are involved. He had a point, I think.
I just sold a rather large estate where I have lived for five years. A very beautiful place. I had considered it mine, but on reflection that it had never been mine. It was the banks, and unless some millionaire comes along, it will always be the banks.
Now someone else will live there. I had grown attached to the place, and then I had to let it go. It set off a chain reaction of philosophical thoughts about "ownership". What do we really own? I mean really really?
Even if I had bought my new flat with hard cash, what would that have meant really? Unless I work, I would not be able to pay my way and would have to let it go (or it would be taken from me). Also when I die, I can't take it with me. Just like anything else "I" "own".
Renting, mortage, buying. These seem like technicalities. Ownership is just information.
The idea of ownership is false.
Discuss.
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