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You should be glad that the property rights that let your landlord do that are the same property rights that let you do what you want with your own money, inclu
by twblalock 4y ago
You should be glad that the property rights that let your landlord do that are the same property rights that let you do what you want with your own money, including becoming a landlord yourself if you choose to do so.
You should be glad that success is not punished, because if that was the case, nobody would try to succeed and your society would suffer tremendously as a result -- and when the economy suffers it always hurts the poor more than it hurts the rich.
By renting you are getting a place to live, you are benefitting from the success of others who were able to afford housing, and you are buying time for yourself be successful. It's how healthy markets work.
- siquick 4y agoLucky me for having a roof over my families head in the 12th largest economy in the world. Our definitions of success are obviously very different.
- twblalock 4y agoDo you realize how funny that is coming from twelfth place?
- dgb23 4y agoJack the Ripper was a very successful murderer.
- t-writescode 4y agoYour stance reminds me of an adjacent concept: "The law, in its majestic equality, forbids rich and poor alike to sleep under bridges, to beg in the streets, and to steal their bread."
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