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[โ€“] [email protected] 162 points 2 years ago (12 children)

I'll say it once and I'll say it again. Even the father of capitalism thought landlords were parasitic leeches on the economy. Even the father of capitalism hated landlords

[โ€“] [email protected] 53 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Making an investment out of a necessity is immoral any way you cut it.

Health should be public.

Food needs to turn a profit, that's understandable, but also food food is not finite where the rich can hoard it all... Or maybe that's their next thing ๐Ÿค” nah won't happen because it's perishable

[โ€“] [email protected] 8 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)

That's what the capital is for. Why hoard something that rots and can't be easily moved around? Capital knows no borders and actually increases in value just by moving it around.

It's basically an infinite food hack, but not just for food - for everything

[โ€“] [email protected] 24 points 2 years ago

He also argued that his system was best used to build the market up in the short term, and be eased out of in the long term.

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[โ€“] [email protected] 51 points 2 years ago (1 children)

...treats for my lizard

That'll be a $500 pet deposit and another $100/month in pet rent.

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[โ€“] [email protected] 28 points 2 years ago (2 children)
[โ€“] [email protected] 190 points 2 years ago (3 children)

Landlords arent fond of termites. The renter is not so subtly threatening the property they reside in because the landlord is threatening to raise the rent so they can continue their lifestyle despite inflation and not working.

[โ€“] [email protected] 30 points 2 years ago

That makes sense. Thank you!!

[โ€“] [email protected] 8 points 2 years ago

As someone who was also confused by this, thank you!

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[โ€“] [email protected] 29 points 2 years ago

Not for you, silly. It's for the lizard!

[โ€“] [email protected] 28 points 2 years ago (1 children)

They should get more ants so they can get more rent

[โ€“] [email protected] 15 points 2 years ago (1 children)
[โ€“] [email protected] 15 points 2 years ago

Exactly ten ants

[โ€“] [email protected] 15 points 2 years ago
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