Comment on No one really understands our struggle

infyrin@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

• archomrade@midwest.social ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

  some sort of business such as being a landowner

  It is wild seeing “owning land” being described as being a “business”

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  • assassin_aragorn@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

    That isn’t what a landlord does. They’re supposed to keep the property maintained, help tenants with things that break, provide and maintain amenities, and handle macro issues like pest control and spraying.

    There are absolutely shitty landlords out there who do nothing to earn their money, but there are also landlords who take their job seriously and maintain the property, and are genuinely helpful.

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    • archomrade@midwest.social ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

      There are absolutely shitty landlords out there who do nothing to earn their money

      That is because landlords don’t extract rent for services, they extract rent simply from owning the property and charging rent to use it. That there are some landlords that maintain the value of their property better than others is irrelevant.

      It’s like saying “there were good slave owners, too!”. It’s not the treatment of the slaves that was the problem with slavery, it was the ownership and control of human beings. The problem isn’t the poor service of landlords, it’s the ownership and control over housing that someone else needs to exist. That landlords can still extract rent while doing nothing to maintain the property only serves as evidence that they aren’t being paid for any kind of service or added value. They get paid simply because they own something someone else needs.

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      • gazter@aussie.zone ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

        How would a society without rentals work?

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      • limelight79@lemm.ee ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

        What do you propose? No one owns land? Or everyone should be able to purchase a home?

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      • CosmicCleric@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

        Does that mean rental car companies are evil entities as well?

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