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Rent is theft (lemmy.world)

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[–] UnderpantsWeevil@lemmy.world 3 points 10 hours ago

Can you tell me why renting land/a home is different than any other object that can be owned?

For starters, you can't own much if you don't own land. So it becomes a prerequisite for accruing any other objects.

If you're locked out of owning land, you're locked out of owning anything.

it seems like land owners (or “speculators”, if that’s the correct term now 🤷‍♂️) prohibit access to everyone except for tenants

Speculators (or, "land owners", as you're calling them) aren't required to host tenants. They can leave their property vacant without regard to social need.

And landlords can evict tenants for any reason or no reason at all - or raise rents so high that an eviction is inevitable.

A question you need to ask is why the landlord possessed the land to begin with. What allows a landlord original access to property?