Comment on Rent is theft

cinoreus@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago

• Quadhammer@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago

  I hate these kinds of comments. No shit we’d be okay with cheaper rent but they’re not going to make it cheaper out of the goodness of their heart. We have people’s who’s whole job is to “sELL hOuSES” and profit from it

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  • cinoreus@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago

    Nah it’s more like the reality outside america where people outside of affluent class own multiple properties too, and corporate isn’t involved in property renting scene. So our rents are lower per square feet for same property, than in the west.

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• Riverside@reddthat.com ⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago

  How’s there nothing wrong with paying rent? Why is someone else appropriating the fruits of MY labor just because they happen to be lucky enough to inherit a house?

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  • MyMotherIsAHamster@lemmy.ca ⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago

    The important part in this equation is that you can choose not to rent from them.

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    • Riverside@reddthat.com ⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago

      Yes, you can choose to die on the streets instead. What’s your point?

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      • cinoreus@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago

        At the same time, if you choose to live in an economy where you don’t pay rent, you will barely find anyone outside your family willing to lend you a home.

        And replying to your previous comment, idk about America, but in other parts of the world, people outside of affluent class have homes, and rent is close to or less than 4% of property value annually, not 6-8% Americans are used to. That’s likely because corporates don’t buy property here at scale they do in America.

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  • TubularTittyFrog@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago

    sorry, what about your labor makes it more valuable than anyone else who also rents?

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    • Riverside@reddthat.com ⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago

      Nothing. Abolish all private rent and socialize it

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      • Pyr_Pressure@lemmy.ca ⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago

        Then the government will need to purchase the houses / apartments from the current owners so they still get a giant payday.

        Then you’d still be paying rent, just to the government instead which will mostly go towards paying administrators that don’t care or do anything just like current landlords.

        Unless you mean all social government owned housing should be free, and most private property should be government owned.

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• TubularTittyFrog@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago

  most americans want to be rich and are jealous as hell they aren’t the rich, and if they got rich, they would be just as greedy and self-interested as they rich they claim to hate so much are.

  I’ve seen pretty much all my 20s anarchist/communist friends become landlords who now argue that taxes and tenants are evil. they felt exploited and now they feel free to exploit… it’s almost as if it isn’t about fairness and more about bitterness and power.

  people tend to become the things they hate.

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