the legal baseline cost of living *has* been jacked through the roof because many of the ways people used to live cheaply were either completely outlawed, or the social/economic environment was destroyed. plus there are a fuckload more people now
cooking from scratch and buying secondhand clothes doesn't begin to cover the increased costs of merely existing within the law in western countries today
youtube.com/watch?v=3npqdYlr6fY
@deprecated_ii
> Have you been growing vegetables in your garden?
Your garden... This insults me on the deepest level, and shows that the video was made by a boomer.
@deprecated_ii
We went from "why don't you buy a house" joke to a "why don't you buy a house AND a land" as a serious response to being poor. 
you can't raise a hog in an apartment and even if you have land, often real small scale agriculture is prohibited or will get you regularly hassled by the local government
@deprecated_ii Not to mention, that it is
1) Not being actively developed, so you have to literally figgure that shit up on your own
2) It completely lacks any advantages of "economy of scale"
We have to leave areas with
Council
Government
Land tax
Regulations
Multi culturalism
Liberalism
Also check out raising
Gunini Pigs
Dove + Pigeon
Quail
for eggs+meat
Less square area needed and quieter then pig/chickens/cows
Fishing in Ocean/rivers cant be looked over , nor can Aquaponics + Container growing and underground greenhouses
@deprecated_ii
"they don't save"
Does this nigga even understand the meaning of inflation?
While the economics school was seriously full boring lessons, our entire economic system is build on inflation FFS.