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[–] zaz969@lemm.ee 74 points 1 year ago (2 children)

Ah yes because it's not the landlords it's the slumlords

Because there's a difference /s

[–] germanatlas@lemmy.blahaj.zone 20 points 1 year ago (1 children)

One exploits the poor

The other exploits the middle class

[–] krimsonbun@lemmy.blahaj.zone 24 points 1 year ago (2 children)

there is no lower class or middle class or upper class there's only working class and ruling class.

[–] germanatlas@lemmy.blahaj.zone 8 points 1 year ago (1 children)

There is still a massive difference between poor people living in slums and people with comfortable, but not ridiculously high income living in a better area.

[–] ironhydroxide@partizle.com 8 points 1 year ago

This is true, but only if you leave out the upper band of the comparison range.

It's like saying that there's a massive difference between the size of a rice grain and the size of a loaf of bread, but leave out the literal planet in comparison.

[–] JohnDClay@sh.itjust.works 1 points 1 year ago

But there's a continuum of varying degrees of passive income royalty between the two.

[–] ZagamTheVile@lemmy.world 34 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Any minute now the study on whether or not rocks are hard is coming out too. Big week in science.

[–] Lemongrab@lemmy.one 8 points 1 year ago

There are bendy rocks, there aren't moral landlords.

[–] Mouselemming@sh.itjust.works 28 points 1 year ago

Slumlords exploit the poor who live in slums, landlords exploit the middle class who live in slightly better buildings

[–] MonsiuerPatEBrown@reddthat.com 24 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

No true landlord would exploit the renter.

Those are slumlords. Which are mostly Scotsmen.

[–] dopeshark@lemmy.world 18 points 1 year ago

Water is wet, new study finds

There's the reason they call them BIG think. Truly next level.

But seriously is the study actually any good? Or the article?

[–] faceless@lemmy.world 17 points 1 year ago

no fucking way

[–] Honytawk@lemmy.zip 13 points 1 year ago

That is some crazy big thinking there, bud.

[–] Dasnap@lemmy.world 7 points 1 year ago
[–] HotDogFingies@kbin.social 6 points 1 year ago

What? No...

[–] uriel238@lemmy.blahaj.zone 2 points 1 year ago

Someone is a landlord and doesn't like to think about the exploitative nature of rent-seeking, and is feeling guilty about it.