There's a lot of smug "well actually" commenters in this thread, who have completely missed that the meme is making a rhetorical point about the nature of rent-seeking rather than sincerely advocating for the sudden disappearance of all landlords.
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Let's some to simplify every person gets to buy only one home and this is only for them and their families to enjoy.
Now they still have more money than you. They just won't invest in a house but somewhere else instead. Now nobody can rent, great all the banks now get a ton of revenue for all that money they lend out because everybody needs to buy. (Making them insanely rich)...
Inequality is the problem, just peddling a simple solution like getting rid of one symptom is not gonna fix this. Also changing the system has historically done nothing in that way either.
Taxing the rich would. ;)
Landlords are easy to hate, but they are necessary. Having them paying high taxes and having strong protections for renters will keep them honest and contributing and the market balanced.
Let's start with some constructive work instead of hate flaming memes.
If you want the state to redistribute their property, or some other organization, making it kinda common and free, - you'll have a mobster alternative of feudal lords instead of landlords.
Like it happened with USSR.
I could go on vacation twice a year if I didn't pay rent.
Where would you live when you're not on vacation?
In the house/condo they own. We just went over this.
And you still wouldn't own it
Source?
sexist against landladies
it's better to use the gender neutral term, more inclusive, please use landparasite
I prefer landleech
I'm no sexist. They can also evaporate.
If a person disappears the things they own will still be here, shocking revelation.
point is that they add no value to anything.
That's not quite true. They add the initial and after-market capital to build and support the houses. They also carry some of the capital risk.
Developers build houses and neighborhoods all the time without landlords paying them to do so. I'm actually not sure if landlords paying for building is common at all. Though, developers do all kinds of shady and harmful shit too.
you think the developers will continue building if nobody gives them money at the end of the build? either through pre- ("give us money and we'll build you a thing") or post- ("come give us money for this thing we built")
why do bakers even charge for the bread they made?!! its just sitting on the shelf doing nothing?!
I think it's mostly regular homebuyers that give them the money (well, the bank, through mortgages).
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Found the landlord, guys
When workers die, you no longer have labor. When scientists die you no longer have their intelligence.
Those things will be inherited and there will instantly be new landlords. Unless we want the state seizing and redistributing assets on death... which i don't.
I do.
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