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wizardbeard@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 month agoDon’t waste your effort. You see similar in every discussion on this site about landlords too. No nuance allowed.
The local guy renting out his late parents’ home at below market rate is just as despicable as the slumlord lackeys of the investment companies that don’t do any upkeep.
Where is the nuance in who a billionaire exploits for their wealth?
There is a clear difference between someone with 1-3 rentals and someone who owns half a town. Should there be landlords at all? No. Are the small scale ones evil? Probably not.
That being said, fuck it, god will sort them out. we need the energy this has brought up and I don’t want to see a god damned thing tempering it.
god will sort them out.
Wouldn’t bet on it.
There’s a difference between tempering, and making sure the artillery is aimed at the most valuable targets.
We need this energy to stay pointed at the 1%, and to not get mixed up in the weeds. The last time we had energy like this was Occupy Wall Street, and the momentum was killed by attempting to expand the scope from the initial target of the 1%.
Very good points. Don’t want to cause infighting.
It’s the same problem with the same solution, parasite.
Nah fuck them, its fake internet points I dont give a shit.
Squeeze from the top down, not squeeze everyone with more than me. Thats the attitude that pushes the middle class to conservative voting and we can either advocate for sensible changes or scream into the void.
droporain@lemmynsfw.com 1 month ago
1 house for everyone before 2 house for any seems like easy math.
wizardbeard@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 month ago
It is. But if the world and life were so simple we wouldn’t have anywhere close to the amount of problems that exist.
Houses require maintenance over time, and there are people who need a place to live but can’t afford sudden repair costs, which can be absorbed by a landlord. There are people who prefer not to own for a variety of reasons. Maybe they like being able to make repairs someone else’s problem, or they like the freedom of being able to uproot and move easier.
I have an Uncle that makes bank doing contract work all over the place who falls into that last example.
I agree that everyone who wants a home should be able to have and keep one, but there are bigger fish to fry (CEOs to shoot?) before it’s worthwhile to start in on smaller scale landlords etc.
The rich want us squabbling over differences of wealth at these lower levels. It helps distract people from the biggest offenders.