>Every single space on planet Earth is owned by someone. I mean technically yes, but also not really. There are so many places in the US that are insanely chea

>Every single space on planet Earth is owned by someone. I mean technically yes, but also not really. There are so many places in the US that are insanely cheap to live. You can buy a whole house in many small American cities and live the dream on a McDonalds wage, you could even pay it off early if you were frugal. I can find you plenty of houses in the US for sale right now for < $20,000. You can get multiple acres of space in West TX for < $2000. There is a lot of land available for people who want to build a life for themselves. Your argument only applies to fancy coastal cities where there is a large pool of wealthy (most people working in CA are in the top 1-2% income of the world) people competing for the same space. This leads to obvious questions such as: does everyone have a right to live in the same space? Should property rights exist at all in places where many people want to live? IMO, it's not slavery if people are trying to live in a place by choice. We should, of course, do everything we can to build more housing and provide space for as many as we can.