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[–] Umthisguy 5 points 11 months ago (3 children)

At the risk of sounding like a landlord here, there are far wealthier people to be disgusted by.

[–] veni_vedi_veni 8 points 11 months ago

Gates quietly buying as much arable land as he can in the world.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 11 months ago

False dichotomy, I'm disgusted by both.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 11 months ago

Yeah, I think it's backwards to still focus our ire on "landlords" when it's oligarch (yes, some of whom are also landlords) that are the real enemy.

In modern society, many landlords are just middle-class folks who bought an apartment building as their retirement fund.