You may find it more fun to think and do things than to watch other people pretend to do them on the bube-tube. Being in debt puts one in a very scary place. If you lose your job and are renting, you have just about two months to find another job or you are out on the street. If you are buying a home on a mortgage you may have six months to find a job before they can evict you. But there is a catch, with a mortgage.
People living in a city are easier to watch, control and starve.
For a little food, starving people will do whatever they are told to do. Some aware people, who are practicing the Personal Independence System, are now buying themselves enough land in the country to raise their own food and fuel. Some are moving to it. Others are holding it for the day they will need it. There is plenty of land for everyone.