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		ivoras on Aug 3, 2016 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: The Canadian Housing Boom Fueled by China’s Billio... > We'd rather just grab US and Chinese cash then vacation in Mexico than actually work. That's hardly unique to Canada. It's the default human state to prioritise short-term gains. See e.g. the phenomenon of obesity.

branchless on Aug 3, 2016 | [–]

Former British colony with banking and enslaving land price shocker, page 4.

sdenton4 on Aug 3, 2016 | [–]

(I suppose I shouldn't be shocked that broad national generalizations should be followed up with fat shaming. But I am, none-the-less, disappointed.)

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