• krush_groove@lemmy.world
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    1 year ago

    Because of nasty landlords happy to evict people or raise rents, Reddit and now Lemmy are full of people saying all landlords are awful morlocks feeding off the pain of everyone. Like everything else nowadays there’s no middle ground in the common arguments either way. Landlords evil, renters saints.

    • darq@kbin.social
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      1 year ago

      This is a misunderstanding though. People aren’t complaining about individuals who happen to be landlords being nasty. They’re making a systemic complaint about rent-seeking.

      A landlord can be a perfectly polite and pleasant person. They’re still engaging in rent-seeking. And that’s the complaint.