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posted by Fnord666 on Sunday November 28 2021, @04:17PM   Printer-friendly
from the vertical-living dept.

looorg writes:

IKEA has furnished and is renting out a 10 m2 apartment in central Tokyo for about a dollar per month. It's clearly a gimmick of sorts as the furniture in the apartment are worth a lot more then that. Still looking at the pictures it looks like living in a nicely furnished prison cell, that is also very high (floor to ceiling). Any takers for such compact living? I dont think climbing around on ladders to get around is for me.

It seems very futuristic though; it is a staple of sci-fi to pack people like sardines in a can (Ripley's apartment in aliens, 5th element etc., etc.)

https://edition.cnn.com/2021/11/25/business/ikea-japan-tokyo-tiny-apartment-scli-intl/index.html
https://www.ikea.com/jp/ja/campaigns/ca00-tiny-homes-pub616dcf20

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  • (Score: 2, Insightful) by engblom on Monday November 29 2021, @09:06AM

    by engblom (556) on Monday November 29 2021, @09:06AM (#1200461)

    I am not an American, nor do I live in USA. However, comparing to most of the world the US Democrats are hardly socialist at all. In most European countries they would be considered a right wing party, while the Republicans would be considered an ultra right wing party. Regarding "socialist" agenda, the only way to get down crime is to take care of the citizens. I know this from my own country. With proper health care and social security nobody needs to go robbing or selling drugs when someone gets unemployed, ill, etc. It is not a coincidence that no other country in the whole world is having as much of their population in prison as the US (639 per 100 000 according to Wikipedia). Drugs are illegal in my country but still we have very few in prison (53 per 100 000).

    With proper social security for the citizens you do not need to defend yourself anymore. I do not lock my car and I usually leave the door to our house unlocked and I have never had anything stolen and nobody has ever tried to rob me. Also as crime goes down you need less polices to handle the crime.

    I also want to add one thing more about costs: it is expensive to take people through the legal system before they are judged, it is expensive to keep people in prison and it is expensive to have a big police force. Also people sitting in prison do not have any real income they could pay taxes on. Consider this if you think it is too expensive to take care of people. In the long run a good social system will save money.

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