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Yeah, kind of my thoughts on it.
My parents bought their own places (and now have kept 2 of them as a pension). They worked to get there though. Our holidays were always at grandparents, as we couldn't afford (looking back on it) to go abroad. Good times, yeah, did we overtly struggle, nope, were we privileged, yes.
But my parents are certainly narked by my Aunt thinking that being given her council house for a pittance, which she then extended, whilst taking several holidays abroad a year, and then sold for a small fortune, and retiring early is her due. They certainly feel mugged off, and blame the Tories (AFAICT) for that.
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That was a really interesting read.
The other angle is that it highlights why some people have such a deep and innate loathing for the state and civil service. Those older voters who weren't eligible for a council house, grants, didn't retire <60 on final salary schemes and suffered from the market instabilities read accounts like that with pure venom. Essentially they feel mugged off having paid for it.