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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?

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dream_weasel@sh.itjust.works ⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago

I think we can absolutely agree to the fact that the system is broken.

I would love help to fix it, but I have to operate in it for the time being. I even want to play on the leftist team, but I find it pretty unsatisfying though to get spit on by the rest of the team you know?

This post really kinda summarizes it for me. Regular people trying to make it? Nah fuck em. You’re the same as big asshole real estate. Man that sucks to read and it makes me indignant. It’s a totally shit thing to hear when I’m ready to give something for nothing because people just deserve it, you know? I don’t even own a second property and it makes me salty.

All I want to do is save so I can help my kids through college and maybe buy a house where they can have a flat piece of ground for a swing set and to throw a ball around. If I can give extra I will, but dammit threads like this really want to paint people like me as assholes.

I do not prefer it.

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circuitfarmer@lemmy.sdf.org ⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago
Yeah, this resonates with me too.

Again, I’m not talking about intents, just what I see are clear-cut observations about the system and where it draws people / forces? people into.

All I can say is: it’s also designed such that you won’t have another choice. Protecting your own interests means taking advantage of those of others. And in that sense, it will seem deeply unfair if you are simply trying to do right for yourself and your family by a problematic method.

To me, it sounds like another example to speak out against the system.

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- dream_weasel@sh.itjust.works ⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago
  Thanks. This is a real perspective changer of a thread for me.
  
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  - circuitfarmer@lemmy.sdf.org ⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago
    Well that’s really good to hear. I’m not trying to spread hate, and I know people have different experiences than me, so I love to hear these other viewpoints. I totally agree that shit is fucked and I think that has affected us in different ways.
    
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Scirocco@lemm.ee ⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago
You have made a very good case here that resonates strongly with me

Where is rhe line between “us” and “them”?

Is it leftist vs liberal? Lib vs conservative?

No. It’s all of “us” vs the them that are in the 1%

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