There are very few jobs that actually give annual raises that keep up with inflation. You are no better than corporations that raise the price of food for no reason, other than following an arbitrary market metric(inflation) You should give your tenants 3 months free rent for Christmas, and give them the option to buy the properties from you for what you bought them for, and get a real job.

[–] aes@programming.dev 3 points 11 months ago (1 children)

What part of 25% below market makes you compare him to the food oligopoly? He likes trouble-free tenants, and I'm pretty sure his tenants like this arrangement too. By contast, you come off as very tiresome. Do you have any skin in the game? What are you doing to help make housing affordable? Do you do anything besides exemplify why having revolutionaries in charge would be terrifying?

[–] Grayox@lemmy.ml 1 points 11 months ago (1 children)

What part about 25% below market makes them a hero, while they are actively hoarding properties keeping prospective buyers out of the market, raising prices to keep up with "inflation" on a commodity necessary for survival IS the exact same thing the food oligopolies are doing. And wtf are you on about having skin in the game? I pay $1700 a month in a rent controlled apartment and have no hope of buying a actual property in the market i live in without having to move hours away from work. I would love to hear what you think i should be doing to help make affordable housing, cause if its within my means, ill do it.

[–] aes@programming.dev 1 points 11 months ago (1 children)

Well, there's some timeless advice on these topics, right? The simplest is: be likeable. The reason is that since you can't accomplish the task on your own, you need people to take your side, and to do that you need them to want you win, whatever the arguments. ("that's dumb, my argument is better". Yeah, maybe, but if people don't like you, that won't matter)

Another, more focused on societal change is: Move the middle. The middle of the bell curve is where most of everything is, and moving it, even slightly, can have dramatic effects. Also, if you want get anywhere, getting going at all is probably a good move, right? I'm thinking specifically of sorting recycling: it's mostly bullshit, but the bizdev bros would murder for that kind of 'engagement'. It's easier to sell everyone on next step when they're already on board..

Or, you know, rant about revolution. It's not going to change anything, but it might make you feel better.

[–] Grayox@lemmy.ml 1 points 11 months ago

Lol be likeable?! Nah not gonna delute my message to be likeable to landlord's or folks who have rent seeking behaviors, I'll just keep pointing the inherent flaws and hypocrisy of capitalism in meme format to hasten its end, not trying to lead any van guard, merely raising the dial of class conciousness, I see no need to be nice to landlord's who are leeching off of society, but I wont go so far as to say they deserve the wall. I haven't ranted once about revolution in this thread nor have I read all the comments in it which I assume is what you are referring to, but you must recognize that when peaceful revolution is impossible violent revolution is inevitable, and I know which side I would support when push came to shove and if you would support the side that has exploited the working class for decades just because you want to be a landlord you are no comrade of mine.