I fully get the issues with landlords in terms of coasting off of other people's labor and in general being parasitic. My question is, the resistance I get when I say that someone shouldn't profit off of another person's need for housing is that they bring up grocery stores/ restaurants profiting off of a person's need for food. And I don't really know how to address or answer that. Just wondering if someone can close the loop for me!
Tell them that supermarkets and restaurant staff are real jobs that provide actual services, while landlordin' is a fake job that just takes up money for existing and owning land.
When landlords were complaining about rents not getting paid during Covid I would always retort with "Well, maybe they should get a job for once then"