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I recall running into a pensioner at Akkurat on my last visit. He was complaining about his 350 euro rent controlled apartment in Gamla Stan. I just shook my head - one the low rent; two he was drinking and eating at Akkurat which isn't the cheapest place.

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Even if this person was not rich as measured by capital, he is somehow privileged in other ways. Like running in the right social circles and knowing the people who hand out these rental contracts. Typically, people in media, the culture sector, and politics, know each other and do each other these kind of favors. It's how corruption works in a society where power and influence have been consolidated over decades.

Me, I moved to China.

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