I just think your point is too black-and-white. In the current system there exists people who want temporary housing and people who own more housing than they require and are willing to let others use it for a mutually agreeable payment. Your claim that this is inherently oppressive requires that the renter would not choose ownership if they had the means. Is it often an unfair, coercive dynamic? Yes. Do rent-seekers ruin everything? Yes. Do we need to villainize every single person who doesn’t donate their spare mother-in-law or inherited property to the homeless? No.
Doc_Crankenstein@slrpnk.net 5 days ago
Sorry you do not understand class struggle then.
Soggy@lemmy.world 5 days ago
It’s nuanced, dude. Part of class war is the optics and unless you want every empty-nester up against the wall with the BlackRock executives it’s not useful to paint with such a wide brush.
Doc_Crankenstein@slrpnk.net 5 days ago
They have the choice to not go up against the wall by relinquishing their right of ownership over property they are not utilizing. If they wish to selfishly hold onto that private ownership so they can personally enrich themselves, then up against the wall they go.
Soggy@lemmy.world 5 days ago
So your position is literally “impoverish yourself by donating all property you aren’t currently, personally using.” I was giving you the benefit of the doubt.