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1: We see a young girl playing under the ramp that her father is using to carry material in a wheelbarrow, as he raises up a building from nothing. 2: The girl is now an old woman sitting in a sofa. "This was her home." 3: An unseen man in a suit is sitting opposite her. "So, how does Mrs. like living in my building?" 4: We see an old man in a suit against the rebuilt cityline, as hands in suits shake and sign papers. "In the 90s, a process of reprivatisation began. A new term was introduced into law: Eviction. Pre-war inhabitants began making claims to this capital that had just been raised anew from what had been eradicated to the ground." 5: The suited man is giving the old woman some papers. She's putting her glasses to read. "The claimants, or rather, in most cases, their young, 'industrious' representatives, began buying out ownership claims at extremely low prices." 6: The suited man is offering her a pen to sign, with a wide smile on his face. "From the combined forces of lobbysts, developers, and landlords, there emerged an entire business market of buying out rights to real estate. And, consequently, the right to rule over the lives of people who happened to live inside them."