• PbSO4 [comrade/them]
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    4 years ago

    Prediction: if people refusing to vacate and chaining the doors catches on, owners are going to start setting fires and blaming it on the occupants. "They shouldn't have blocked the exits! Muh Triangle Shirtwaists!" Pocket insurance money, paint tenants as firebugs, message sent.

    • joshuaism [he/him]
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      4 years ago

      Note that here they are chaining the doors of the court shut. If landlords want to burn down the courts then that would be an amazing self own.

      • PbSO4 [comrade/them]
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        4 years ago

        Ah, I read too little and too fast and thought they were chaining shut the properties in question with themselves inside.

        • joshuaism [he/him]
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          4 years ago

          Totally understand since refusing to vacate under an eviction notice has been a tactic in the news lately too.

    • Young_Lando [none/use name]
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      4 years ago

      I would rather seize every last building in the city than watch a single landlord burn any of them down