Comment on When leftists say "landlord are parasites" or similar dislike of landlords, do they also mean the people that own like a couple of houses as an investment, or only the big landlords?

cley_faye@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago

• mke_geek@lemm.ee ⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago

  Rental property owners do not “make money off the backs” of anyone. It’s about trading money for a service.

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  • cley_faye@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago

    Sure. Having the means to pay something once, and have it be repaid multiple times back with little to no expense, sometimes not even the bare minimum to remain “legal” housing, is a “service”.

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    • mke_geek@lemm.ee ⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago

      Your response tells me you don’t know what’s involved in the job and don’t care to learn.

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• dream_weasel@sh.itjust.works ⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago

  Have you considered, on the other side of that coin, if you don’t have that money to be a parasite for doing little to no work at some point in your life, you’re a parasite because you have nothing to contribute that anybody wants?

  Nobody needs to go without a place to live or be hungry and we can ALL fight to make sure that’s the case, but don’t be an entitled fucker in the crab bucket because you kinda suck at decision making.

  EVERYONE deserves a place to live, something to eat, medical care, clothes to wear, etc etc, but let’s not be delusional: some people are taking shit they in no way shape or form contributed to receiving. So maybe don’t be we don’t toss around words like “parasite” when you need a handout, yeah?

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  • cley_faye@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago

    Public service can handle large scale renting situations, ensure that the lodgings are kept up to standard, and limit the ever increasing price of rent by not being profit-driven. Individual landlords that are out there making a profit on something that only gain value and usually requires minimal upkeep (that some don’t even do) are parasites, plain and simple.

    But the concept of public services acting for the well being of others is not well understood in some countries, I guess.

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