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[–] BallShapedMan@lemmy.world 6 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (2 children)

True story.

For those interested I recommend Caste: The Origins of Our Discontents by Isabel Wilkerson. An amazing breakdown of the history and why. Eye opener at the very least.

Edit: Curious: Why the down votes?

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[–] deczzz@lemmy.dbzer0.com 5 points 1 year ago (1 children)
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[–] phoenixz@lemmy.ca 5 points 1 year ago

A reasonable opinion on twitter? Is this from 10 years ago?

[–] Transcriptionist@lemmy.world 5 points 1 year ago

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X/Twitter post by user 🎇 K8 is a Danger to The Republic 🎇 @K84UnitedLeft reading:

"The point of class analysis isn't to say that your landlord is a bad person, it's to say that your landlord has class interests that directly oppose your own.

"They might not treat you like shit, but when push comes to shove they will put their income before your wellbeing."

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[–] Stuka@lemmy.ml 3 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

Where are all these single owner landlords? Everything here is owned by management companies and the 'landlord', more propertt manager, is an employee who gets a free rental unit to live in while they have the job.

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[–] obinice@lemmy.world 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Can anybody link me to educational resources on class analysis?

Especially those pertaining to the United Kingdom, such as the big northern working class cities like Manchester.

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[–] spacecowboy@sh.itjust.works 2 points 1 year ago

There sure are a lot of landlords on Lemmy.

[–] Hikermick@lemmy.world 2 points 1 year ago (5 children)

I rent my house to a woman who worked as a server in a restaurant until Covid. When restaurants were forced to close she offered me half of the rent as that was all she had. I told her to keep it, not worry and stay safe. This was when there was still a lot of uncertainty. After 3 months she started paying me again without me asking. Do you think I'm a terrible person?

[–] MrBusinessMan@lemm.ee 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

You are a terrible landlord. I would have evicted and found somebody who could pay full price, and kept her security deposit to cover the transition. I doubt you are as successful of a landlord as me because you make foolish business decisions.

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