No, landlords should not exist in my opinion. Public housing should be available with zero profit incentive.
Where is your apartment complex where you invite people to stay for nothing, and just pay utilities? Can you share your listing with me so I can move into your complex?
Housing co-ops exist, dude. This isn’t some obscure, groundbreaking concept.
Why wish? Just do it. If you’re renting, owning or renting to others, you’re just perpetuating the system you’re criticizing and have no moral high ground.
But if you’re renting, you’re enriching an evil landlord or an evil property management group, so you’re contributing to the problem. There are more than enough hypocrites on here to unite and create a co-op, so why not just do that?
So you’re saying that it’s not beneficial or not realistic for some people (yourself included) to live in a co-op. I’m pointing out that you’re benefiting from renting property. You don’t have to sign leases and live in property owned by someone else - you can grab a few like-minded people and choose to purchase property together but you didn’t. The landowner did buy the property and is providing you a service that you’re willingly consuming.
You’ve also said that it’s absurd to blame the individuals participating in this system. Only landlords are at fault, despite individuals willingness to give them money for providing a service - even in situations where the renter is transient and has no desire to stay or own property in that area.
Look, I agree that the system is shitty and needs changed. I think it’s idiotic and short-sighted to upvote memes promoting killing people for renting to other people.
I didn’t upvote the meme. I was replying to a thread about whether or not someone who profits from renting can be a good person. I said that making a profit off renting is a shitty thing to do.
You are turning this into a completely different conversation.
Also, housing co-ops aren’t solutions to short-term housing. Renting is a good solution for that. However, since renting is intrinsically morally reprehensible no matter what, what’s the solution to short-term or temporary housing solutions?
No, landlords should not exist in my opinion. Public housing should be available with zero profit incentive.
Housing co-ops exist, dude. This isn’t some obscure, groundbreaking concept.
I agree with you and I’m aware. So you live in a housing co-op then?
No, I wish.
Why wish? Just do it. If you’re renting, owning or renting to others, you’re just perpetuating the system you’re criticizing and have no moral high ground.
This is very, “you criticize society, yet you participate in society. Curious.”
I don’t rent to anyone so I have nothing to worry about ethically. Me participating in a broken system by renting is not relevant at all.
But if you’re renting, you’re enriching an evil landlord or an evil property management group, so you’re contributing to the problem. There are more than enough hypocrites on here to unite and create a co-op, so why not just do that?
How is this even a real response?
So we’re demonizing renters now in a thread about greedy landlords?
It’s not hypocritical for someone who’s against landlords to rent out of necessity. That’s absurd.
So you’re saying that it’s not beneficial or not realistic for some people (yourself included) to live in a co-op. I’m pointing out that you’re benefiting from renting property. You don’t have to sign leases and live in property owned by someone else - you can grab a few like-minded people and choose to purchase property together but you didn’t. The landowner did buy the property and is providing you a service that you’re willingly consuming. You’ve also said that it’s absurd to blame the individuals participating in this system. Only landlords are at fault, despite individuals willingness to give them money for providing a service - even in situations where the renter is transient and has no desire to stay or own property in that area.
Look, I agree that the system is shitty and needs changed. I think it’s idiotic and short-sighted to upvote memes promoting killing people for renting to other people.
I didn’t upvote the meme. I was replying to a thread about whether or not someone who profits from renting can be a good person. I said that making a profit off renting is a shitty thing to do.
You are turning this into a completely different conversation.
Also, housing co-ops aren’t solutions to short-term housing. Renting is a good solution for that. However, since renting is intrinsically morally reprehensible no matter what, what’s the solution to short-term or temporary housing solutions?