• wizardbeard@lemmy.dbzer0.com
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    4 days ago

    Don’t waste your effort. You see similar in every discussion on this site about landlords too. No nuance allowed.

    The local guy renting out his late parents’ home at below market rate is just as despicable as the slumlord lackeys of the investment companies that don’t do any upkeep.

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      4 days ago

      Where is the nuance in who a billionaire exploits for their wealth?

      There is a clear difference between someone with 1-3 rentals and someone who owns half a town. Should there be landlords at all? No. Are the small scale ones evil? Probably not.

      That being said, fuck it, god will sort them out. we need the energy this has brought up and I don’t want to see a god damned thing tempering it.

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        4 days ago

        Where is the nuance in who a billionaire exploits for their wealth?

        It’s not about nuance, it’s just running defense.

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        3 days ago

        There’s a difference between tempering, and making sure the artillery is aimed at the most valuable targets.

        We need this energy to stay pointed at the 1%, and to not get mixed up in the weeds. The last time we had energy like this was Occupy Wall Street, and the momentum was killed by attempting to expand the scope from the initial target of the 1%.

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      4 days ago

      Nah fuck them, its fake internet points I dont give a shit.

      Squeeze from the top down, not squeeze everyone with more than me. Thats the attitude that pushes the middle class to conservative voting and we can either advocate for sensible changes or scream into the void.