There is nothing short of non-fascistic government-forced bankcrupcy sell off that will actually make it cheap, so… I feel it is a pipe dream

Fuck you, take the upvote

It is sad and mystically abysmally ironic that all the books written about dystopias are seemingly being read as manuals

I think you’re right on your first sentence. Second one is entirely superfluous; and doesn’t have substance in support for the question.