Some general rules to live by:
1) Don't take out loans for homes you can't afford.
2) Don't get degrees your can never pay for.
3) Don't take jobs at mega corporations and expect to work there forever.
I don't mean to victim blame but how are people surprised when they let giant banks and corporations take advantage of them? Of course you're going to lose the home you can't afford. Of course you're going to be in student debt with a worthless degree. And of course you're going to eventually be laid off. None of these contracts you're entering into are really ever designed to actually benefit you. Why would you ever think otherwise? In a perfect world housing would be outlawed from being treated as a commodity, college would be free, and corporations wouldn't be beholden to the wretched shareholder. But that's not where we're at and I honestly don't understand how the community operates as if that's where we were.
I guess the overall makeup of society's mental maturity is at the level of a toddler. I feel bad for people who lost a home, went into debt, and lost a job. I do. I'm actually in student debt too. But it's also time to end "acting shocked" when you get shitty results from un-thought out bad decisions.
Instead of propping up predatory capitalism can we all consider burning these fuckers down, please?