Not all landlords are filthy rich
My dad owned $15M in property
Thanks for setting us straight there, pal.
I bet communism took all his sugar and tobacco plantations too, the poor bastard
Not all landlords are rich, but every one of them makes more money than they deserve.
I think his point was his dad wasn't rich when be rented his first house, but the hypersonic rise after he stopped actually working sort of disproves this. Landlordism is about making money without working. A 'poor' landlord just hasn't mastered the technique yet, but they're fundamentally the same as the rich ones.
Prompt: "A poor 19th century farmer worked hard and saved money. Eventually he had enough to buy himself a slave, then another, then another... Finally he treated himself to a fancy carriage."
Assignment: Note the exact moment the farmer turned from an honest prole into a piece of shit.
He WORKED to earn the money to buy those slaves! He's not a fat cat! Just an honest, hard-working slave owner.
This reminds me of that NPR segment the other day that was trying to get people to feel sorry for landlords who have been hurt by COVID. It went something like “the vast majority of landlords are mom and pop landlords, like this couple who owns 9 units...”
Fuck off.
not rich
15 million USD of property in California during the 90s.
Pick one, it can't be both.
Just trying to imagine owning $15M in California real estate in the fucking nineties. That shit would poison my brain, no doubt.
Abolish landlordism, for their own sakes.
but...but...he worked many hours for a short period of time!! bootstraps, etc!
As soon as they went "worked in construction" and "bought a house" I figured they owned a construction company and had people work for him, or they started in 1962 and actually had a decent wage.
"I hired a bunch of day laborers for sub minimum wage and pocketed the difference!"
