• Dessalines@lemmy.mlOP
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    Owning 1 slave: Okay

    Owning a dozen slaves: Okay

    Owning hundreds of slaves: not okay.

    /s obviously

    /uj

    Of course slavery and landlordism aren’t identical in every respect, but they both are based on a parasite class doing no work, and extracting labor value from people who do. Large-scale vs small-scale doesn’t make landlording any more ethical.

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        Publicly-owned and controlled housing is the solution to this problem, yes. Then rents, upkeep, and all housing questions are determined at the level of public/political decision-making and not by petty tyrant landlords acting only in the interests of profit.

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        You support this alternative with completely a completely different dynamic and incentives??

        Another win for pithy internet hypocracy gotcha debatelord!

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          It was a reasonable follow up question, governments are corporations after all and they stated they oppose all landlord/renter situations

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                Since when is communism against administration and social planning? Since when have Marxists said governments are corporations? This is deeply silly.

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                    No, it would not. Marxists do not recognize management positions as distinct classes, as they don’t necessitate different relations of ownership. Marxists oppose the state, which is made up of the elements of society that perpetuate class oppression, but not administration or management.

                    “Government” is not a class.