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I totally agree with this stance. Among my peer group a couple of folks own a second property they rent out and the "if we didn't where would our tenant live?"

by jemmyw 3y ago

I totally agree with this stance. Among my peer group a couple of folks own a second property they rent out and the "if we didn't where would our tenant live?" vibe is bizarre. They'd live in a house, maybe even being able to afford the one you rent to them.

financypants 3y ago
Is this landlord savior complex common? I’ve never come across it. It’s a silly perspective even at face value.
- bugglebeetle 3y ago
  It’s how liberals resolve the cognitive dissonance of getting someone poorer than them to pay for their mortgage, without seeing themselves as greedy or parasitic.
  - dugAwt 3y ago
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  - jemmyw 3y ago
    I don't really know what this means, I'm not American. I would say that all these people are more right of centre if liberal means left wing.
    - Sohcahtoa82 3y ago
      In America, "Liberal" can mean different things depending on where you sit on the spectrum. If you divide the spectrum into just left/center/right, then people on the right would label both left and center as liberal, but people on the left would label just the center as liberal. I don't know what the centrists would label as liberal because we have very few genuine centrists. Most of them are actually right-wing but don't want to admit it. To me, a liberal is someone that sees one group of people that wants to lynch all black people, another group saying "hey we just want to live", and thinking there's a compromise that can be made. A liberal seeks to maintain the status quo and to keep things quiet and peaceful. They prioritize order over justice.
earthling8118 3y ago
Yeah that absolutely makes no sense. As a tenant, I live in this house, it is mine no matter what paper you have that says you own it. You didn't provide it for me from the graciousness of your heart but rather from a pit of greed that gatekeeps me from doing what I see fit with it.
cykros 3y ago
Nah, they'd live in a house that they rent from Blackrock. Possibly at a lower rent due to reduced demand without small landlords in the fray, and due to a lower cost of financing for Blackrock, but it'd take actually banning residential rentals to seriously move the needle rather than just change who the landlords are.

by jemmyw 3y ago

financypants 3y ago

Is this landlord savior complex common? I’ve never come across it. It’s a silly perspective even at face value.

bugglebeetle 3y ago
It’s how liberals resolve the cognitive dissonance of getting someone poorer than them to pay for their mortgage, without seeing themselves as greedy or parasitic.
- dugAwt 3y ago
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- jemmyw 3y ago
  I don't really know what this means, I'm not American. I would say that all these people are more right of centre if liberal means left wing.
  - Sohcahtoa82 3y ago
    In America, "Liberal" can mean different things depending on where you sit on the spectrum. If you divide the spectrum into just left/center/right, then people on the right would label both left and center as liberal, but people on the left would label just the center as liberal. I don't know what the centrists would label as liberal because we have very few genuine centrists. Most of them are actually right-wing but don't want to admit it. To me, a liberal is someone that sees one group of people that wants to lynch all black people, another group saying "hey we just want to live", and thinking there's a compromise that can be made. A liberal seeks to maintain the status quo and to keep things quiet and peaceful. They prioritize order over justice.

earthling8118 3y ago

Yeah that absolutely makes no sense. As a tenant, I live in this house, it is mine no matter what paper you have that says you own it. You didn't provide it for me from the graciousness of your heart but rather from a pit of greed that gatekeeps me from doing what I see fit with it.

cykros 3y ago

Nah, they'd live in a house that they rent from Blackrock. Possibly at a lower rent due to reduced demand without small landlords in the fray, and due to a lower cost of financing for Blackrock, but it'd take actually banning residential rentals to seriously move the needle rather than just change who the landlords are.