Yes! Exactly! That’s why I said “you’re almost there”. You almost had the right idea, but you needed the exact distinction between owning possessions and property. This distinction, plus a little bit of critical reflection, should be enough to come to the conclusion that landlordism is exploitative. The FAQ explicitly sketches out the argument that landlords exploit people.
The land monopoly consists of enforcement by government of land titles which do not rest upon personal occupancy and use. It also includes making the squatting of abandoned housing and other forms of property illegal. This leads to ground-rent, by which landlords get payment for letting others use the land they own but do not actually cultivate or use. It also allows the ownership and control of natural resources like oil, gas, coal and timber. This monopoly is particularly exploitative as the owner cannot claim to have created the land or its resources. It was available to all until the landlord claimed it by fencing it off and barring others from using it.
Mostly, yeah. In the western world, anyways, pretty much everything we have was gained via theft. So it isn’t earned and we shouldn’t treat property like it’s gained via merit.
In the interest of pedantry, technically you are correct.
Land ownership is theft, rent is just the symptom.
By that logic owning anything is theft.
You’re almost there!
Yeah, that’s not what your link is saying.
I said anything, not only things used to exploit people. It straight up says that owning possessions is fine.
Yes! Exactly! That’s why I said “you’re almost there”. You almost had the right idea, but you needed the exact distinction between owning possessions and property. This distinction, plus a little bit of critical reflection, should be enough to come to the conclusion that landlordism is exploitative. The FAQ explicitly sketches out the argument that landlords exploit people.
Mostly, yeah. In the western world, anyways, pretty much everything we have was gained via theft. So it isn’t earned and we shouldn’t treat property like it’s gained via merit.