• TeddyPolice@feddit.de
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    1 year ago

    This would make sense if we were talking about something that is inherently optional for anyone to purchase.

    We aren’t though. Housing is a basic necessity for everyone, and the hard reality is that working full time does not mean you can afford to purchase housing, so you have to rent or be homeless. It’s exploiting specifically the poor because they can’t purchase housing, so they have to make a choice between renting or being homeless (which is also the more expensive option).

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      1 year ago

      It’s not exploitation because people have a choice of where to live. There’s hundreds of rentals in any given area and millions of rentals across the country. There’s not just one place for people to live. There’s also the option of living with family or friends.

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        1 year ago

        It’s not exploitation because people have a choice of where to live.

        That does not follow logically. You have a choice who gets to exploit you, but unless you have the capital to purchase housing, you are being exploited.

        This is simply because renting prices are effectively almost exclusively profits for the owner of the rented space. Nobody is generating an equivalent in value through work. When people say they’re the main breadwinner in their landlords family, that is actually the objective truth.

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          1 year ago

          Being a landlord is a job. There’s no exploitation with renting out properties. People expect to get paid for their job. This is an extremely simple concept. I can’t fathom why you’re not understanding. Maybe I need to make it even simpler?

          • Landlord = self employed
          • Self employed = Charges for services rendered
          • Rent = Payment in exchange for services

          renting prices are effectively almost exclusively profits for the owner of the rented space

          This isn’t even true either.

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            1 year ago

            Being a landlord is a job.

            Because society agrees it is. Society also once agreed that Iraq has weapons of mass destruction with no factual indication to.

            Maybe I need to make it even simpler?

            I asked you to explain the logical holes in your ideas, you ignored them. Funny you think the problem is that those simple concepts go over my head when you’re refusing to explain away basic logical problems.

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              1 year ago

              Because society agrees it is.

              Because we’re using very basic factual definitions.

              Job = performing work

              explain the logical holes in your ideas

              There are no logical holes in my ideas. I’m explaining basic facts.

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          This is simply because renting prices are effectively almost exclusively profits for the owner of the rented space.

          I don’t think that’s true in all cases. If you think about the price of properties and know how much a credit costs. Properties in cities easily cost a million dollars so with 3% interest that’s 30 000$ a year you have to get just to pay interest on your loan.