 In North America, this is undoubtedly a privilege, given that the alternative is to rent for my entire life and thus be consigned to either paying someone else's mortgage or contributing revenue to a corporate landlord's swelling cash reserve. But that shouldn't cause me to forget where my true interests lie with the commoners and with the ideal of the forest charter, with a future that offers material security for all as both a reality and a right instead of a lifetime of debt.