2y ago

Don't be fooled Billy, it's not really a job, more of a parasitic relationship

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Landlords do not build houses, they own houses. Saying that they provide housing is equivalent to saying Jeff Bezos delivered your latest Amazon package.
Owning things is not creating things.
- Do you disagree with something that I wrote or are you reaffirming my point?
  
  This part:
  They made it possible that there was a house to rent.
  Obviously.
  
  Well, didn't they? They manage the risk that the construction of the house is profitable. You cannot build houses everywhere.
  If you don't want landlords then you need public housing. That's where the voters come in.
  
  No, most landlords just buy housing. Construction is usually a seperate business.
  
  Housing is only constructed because there are landlords. If the construction companies don't sell the properties, they would become the landlords.
  How do you want the housing market to work without landlords?
  
  Housing is only constructed because there are landlords.
  Bwahahahaha
  Oh wait, youre serious, let me laugh even harder
  
  How do you want the housing market to work without landlords?
  
  There shouldn't be a housing market, markets are inefficient, and you shouldn't create winners and losers around basic human needs.
  
  That's what you don't like. How do you want to organize housing?
  
  There are countless more efficient ways that are just less efficient at generating income for the ownership class. Do I need to run over all the strategies from pre-fuedalism to the varieties of modern public housing?

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