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Thats it basically im just really really ashamed of my parents being landlords, they both work jobs but simultaneously rent this apartement to a family and its not even that we need the extra money we exctract from this families income, they are paid well but noo they need more and more money and seek out these stupid parasitic neo-feudal sources for absolutely no reason other than to generate more money at the expanse of others. It grinds my brain to know i indirectly profit of it and im just in shame for my parents and they wont understand, they are as liberal and capitalist indoctrinated as can be so its useless to try to refute them especially when they pull the "hooman naturr" card out of their ass' when trying to converse with them about capitalism.

but im thankful this place exists where i can let these concerns out i dont have any people i can talk to about such things in real life. (alienation especially concerning socialists of any kind does indeed wonders to repress the organization of the masses)

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[–] [email protected] 18 points 1 year ago

I really admire that you are here despite your parents. I can relate with my family encouraging me to buy a place just to rent it before I even own a place of my own. I have friends who do the same to subsidize their rent. When people find a convenient and socially acceptable way to siphon wealth for thenselves, you can bet that they will defend it ideologically tooth-and-nail.

Trying to convince someone to reconsider their lifestyle at their own expense seldom goes well. I think the biggest gains you could make without alienating them is arguing for compassion when it comes to evictions. Consider arguing to them about the damage that eviction will incur on those families versus your own.