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Another valuable life lesson from Elmo and friends! (lemmy.world)

submitted 2 weeks ago by return2ozma to c/[email protected]

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[–] [email protected] 29 points 2 weeks ago (80 children)

The problem is that landlords don't create value, they seek to endlessly profit off of one time labor. Rent-seeking creates no real Value of any substance.

[–] void_star -3 points 2 weeks ago (39 children)

If they don’t create value then they wouldn’t exist in a capitalist market. Their value is that they take the liability of homeownership.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 2 weeks ago (5 children)

Capitalism optimizes for exchange value not use value, also landlordism is a fuedal holdover that hurts capitalism, I would suggest reading the chapters in capital volume 3 on land rent

[–] void_star 0 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

I agree I think they should probably be taxed accordingly. My comment was more just a face value judgement that they do exist and they are of value because people do rent houses.

I’m also not really sure what a viable alternative is in a free market.

[–] [email protected] 0 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

I’m also not really sure what a viable alternative is in a free market.

https://youtu.be/Hcl3R-yARX8?si=H44MrRjaNH0ob8Bx

[–] void_star 0 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

How is a 30 minute video about the Soviet economy a valid answer to alternatives to landlordism in a capitalist market? At least give me a timestamp where they speak to this point.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago) (1 children)