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Woah, isn't that a bit too harsh?
A popular myth about the Chinese revolution is that Mao's government ordered the execution of landlords. This is entirely incorrect. Mao actually insisted on nonviolence towards the ownership class that complied with the revolution so that systematic and non-violent justice could be done as a show to the world the new government weren't just violent peasants throwing a fit; but rather prove that peasants, when given power, would act more fairly than those that ruled before.
Despite this push from all official sources to NOT kill landlords, with assurances from Mao's government that renters would be free to make legal claims on the land they've historically rented and their landlords would be legally punished, the people, when given the opportunity, decided to kill their landlords en masse.
Some of these landlords, undoubtedly, were "fair" landlords. Some were undoubtedly "able to keep rent tolerable."
All of them were leeches on society, and society, when given the freedom to express their true feelings of reality, understand these leeches need to be physically removed from this plane of existence.
People generally do not have it in them to kill others. It's one of the few things people cannot generally just do. It requires someone to be pushed, punished, tortured, sometimes for years or for someone to pose that same immediate danger.
Landlords will always fall into one of those categories.
No.
Because being a landlord, even one creating affordable housing is probably the most evil thing you can do according to Lemmy.
I always get so frustrated at the lack of nuance. I loved being able to rent a house when I was in college. I had no desire to buy a house and renting was a great option. Also more affordable and better living conditions than on campus. Is it shitty when landlords suck and rent is too high? Yeah, but there are good landlords as well. Private equity and most property management companies are pure shit, though. Slumlords who own entire city blocks and don't maintain their properties are shit.
Nope fuck you, no renting, not even dorms (renting from the college is still renting), you must drop $150,000 on a townhouse while spending whatever college tuition is right now. What you can't afford it? Well fuck you for paying into the system perpetuating landlordism rentoid, should have lived in a tent on the street if you don't want to be judged by some terminally online twits!
You're just ignoring the nuance.
The nuance here is that you're charging more than what the shelter costs. You are profiting from it. Literally nobody is making you do that.
So landlords should provide their service for free then? Is that what you do? Where is your apartment complex where you invite people to stay for nothing, and just pay utilities? Can you share your listing with me so I can move into your complex? Living expenses are ridiculous right now, I could use some relief.
No, landlords should not exist in my opinion. Public housing should be available with zero profit incentive.
Housing co-ops exist, dude. This isn't some obscure, groundbreaking concept.
Also, housing co-ops aren't solutions to short-term housing. Renting is a good solution for that. However, since renting is intrinsically morally reprehensible no matter what, what's the solution to short-term or temporary housing solutions?
I agree with you and I'm aware. So you live in a housing co-op then?
No, I wish.
Why wish? Just do it. If you're renting, owning or renting to others, you're just perpetuating the system you're criticizing and have no moral high ground.
This is very, "you criticize society, yet you participate in society. Curious."
I don't rent to anyone so I have nothing to worry about ethically. Me participating in a broken system by renting is not relevant at all.
But if you're renting, you're enriching an evil landlord or an evil property management group, so you're contributing to the problem. There are more than enough hypocrites on here to unite and create a co-op, so why not just do that?
How is this even a real response?
So we're demonizing renters now in a thread about greedy landlords?
It's not hypocritical for someone who's against landlords to rent out of necessity. That's absurd.
So you're saying that it's not beneficial or not realistic for some people (yourself included) to live in a co-op. I'm pointing out that you're benefiting from renting property. You don't have to sign leases and live in property owned by someone else - you can grab a few like-minded people and choose to purchase property together but you didn't. The landowner did buy the property and is providing you a service that you're willingly consuming. You've also said that it's absurd to blame the individuals participating in this system. Only landlords are at fault, despite individuals willingness to give them money for providing a service - even in situations where the renter is transient and has no desire to stay or own property in that area.
Look, I agree that the system is shitty and needs changed. I think it's idiotic and short-sighted to upvote memes promoting killing people for renting to other people.
I didn't upvote the meme. I was replying to a thread about whether or not someone who profits from renting can be a good person. I said that making a profit off renting is a shitty thing to do.
You are turning this into a completely different conversation.
You're smart, I like you. Can we be friends lol
no, you're just a land leech and glomming onto the first person who doesn't see you for what you are
What's your living situation like? How many people are you providing free shelter for?
You aren't providing shit.
Can you provide the address to your housing solution so I can start saving money right away?