• Dessalines@lemmy.mlOP
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    2 months ago

    We don’t have an instance stance on landlord apologia, but maybe we should make one, based on the number of people from other instances defending these mooching rent-seeking parasites.

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      2 months ago

      i hope you do; seeing it is a depressing reminder of how much americans think that exploitation like this is okay and even more depressing to see people exploited like this want to perpetuate it.

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    Landlord said to me “property tax has gone up. This is my only form of income. Will need to increase rent”

    Told him “yeah, everything has gone up and my paycheck is still the same”.

    Like, these types of relationships are so parasitic. This is the “nice” mom and pop style landlord too that every liberal seems to want to give a pass too.

    Sure, are they less bad than the big corporate faceless landlords? Yes. But the entire relationship is the problem.

    They get to justify forcing me out of my home because the value of the house that they own WENT UP.

    That’s why their property tax is more. They literally own something that is more valuable and making it further impossible for me to ever buy a place of my own.

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        Would like to see where being a landlord is listed as against the rules. And the kids are happy to split the cheap mortgage to live in their childhood home. Way cheaper than apartment rent.

        The ban was uncalled for. The post violated no rules other than upsetting you that I collect rent.

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    2 months ago

    Owning 1 extra property and renting: Okay

    Owning apartment complex and renting: Okay

    Owing millions of single family homes and duplexes and rent hiking/price hiking the entire market: not okay

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      Owning 1 slave: Okay

      Owning a dozen slaves: Okay

      Owning hundreds of slaves: not okay.

      /s obviously

      /uj

      Of course slavery and landlordism aren’t identical in every respect, but they both are based on a parasite class doing no work, and extracting labor value from people who do. Large-scale vs small-scale doesn’t make landlording any more ethical.