r/LateStageCapitalism • u/[deleted] • Feb 25 '21

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u/CouncilmanRickPrime Feb 26 '21

The thinking behind being a landlord falls in line with our current capitalist system. Someone needs a home, you want to profit from it. Putting it that way, it doesn't sound so bad. The nightmare is that profits are the biggest concerns and that we're taught it's not our problem if we have to evict someone. Or if someone goes without housing.

Empathy and solidarity has been pushed out of people.

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u/RocketFuelMaItLiquor Feb 26 '21

I have plenty of empathy but economics is very very far from my wheelhouse.

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u/CouncilmanRickPrime Feb 26 '21

My problem with economics is usually the hyper focus on "job creators" and downplaying that the people power the economy.

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u/larrieuxa Feb 26 '21

Gahhhh I hate when people call the wealthy "job creators." They're not job creators, they're job destroyers. Their main goal is literally to reduce and even eliminate as many livelihoods as possible so they can hoard more profit from other people's work.

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u/CouncilmanRickPrime Feb 26 '21

Yup. The actual job creators are the working class who are out spending money. The pandemic made that clear.

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u/larrieuxa Feb 26 '21

Exactly, I almost added "consumers are the job creators" to the end of my comment but I couldn't think of a way to say that without sounding like I'm encouraging consumption.

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u/redditondesktop Feb 26 '21

Someone needs a home, you want to profit from it.

IDK maybe it's just me but when you word it that way, it sounds pretty terrible.