this post was submitted on 11 Jul 2023
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[–] Synthaxx@kbin.social 25 points 1 year ago (4 children)

Let's try not to use gendered language.
"Landbastard" is the preferred designation.

[–] MostlyBirds@lemmy.world 11 points 1 year ago

I think "landleech" rolls of the tongue better, but it feels wrong to compare them to something that plays a legitimate role in its ecosystem.

[–] RagingHungryPanda@lemmy.world 4 points 1 year ago

A landbastard also implies there's a seabastard, skybastards, and firebastard

[–] _wintermute@lemmy.world 3 points 1 year ago

Call them the derogatory term that they are: Capitalists.

[–] alsaaas@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

ye, this is an old meme from my reddit download. will keep that in mind if I get to making housing related memes

[–] thisNotMyName@lemmy.world 4 points 1 year ago (1 children)

r/landchads would be really sad about this landphobia :/

[–] alsaaas@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 points 1 year ago

for leeches I only have r/Landlordlove

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

Landlords have their place. However, it's filling the niche between hotels and home ownership. Maybe 20% of housing, at most.

The current crop of value syphons are not a good thing. Unfortunately they are a symptom, not a cause. If housing supply was high enough, then the margins for landlord would shrink enough to get rid of a lot of them.

[–] alsaaas@lemmy.dbzer0.com 8 points 1 year ago

the cause is that under capitalism housing is treated like a commodity and not the basic human need it is

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