I can speak for myself but the idea someone would turn into a leech because they have a home to stay is more of a self-report. I have my friends live with me for free as I know they are working class and need help. Even if they didn’t I would be there for them because thats what friends do.
I don’t mean this thought as a criticism, more as a call for self reflection and introspection. Everyone likes to think that they’d do the correct moral thing in those circumstances, but sometimes that’s a bit like saying “I would simply choose not to be corrupted by the One Ring.”
I’ll probably inherit something from my parents (not a whole lot, but probably enough that I could live in moderate comfort by leeching off of people) but I’m not planning on becoming a landleech. I hope I’ll be able to sustain myself into retirement without becoming a landleech but there’s a pretty good chance I won’t and honestly I’m not sure what I’m going to do then, I probably won’t want to die in poverty just so I can tell people “well at least I’m not a landlord”.
I’d give it all up for free in a heartbeat if I had a guarantee I’d have a dignified old age but we just aren’t there yet as a society.
I sometimes wonder how many posters here would turn into libs or reactionaries if they suddenly inherited a few rental properties.
Not all of us, I’d hope, but probably not none of us either.
I can speak for myself but the idea someone would turn into a leech because they have a home to stay is more of a self-report. I have my friends live with me for free as I know they are working class and need help. Even if they didn’t I would be there for them because thats what friends do.
I don’t mean this thought as a criticism, more as a call for self reflection and introspection. Everyone likes to think that they’d do the correct moral thing in those circumstances, but sometimes that’s a bit like saying “I would simply choose not to be corrupted by the One Ring.”
I’ll probably inherit something from my parents (not a whole lot, but probably enough that I could live in moderate comfort by leeching off of people) but I’m not planning on becoming a landleech. I hope I’ll be able to sustain myself into retirement without becoming a landleech but there’s a pretty good chance I won’t and honestly I’m not sure what I’m going to do then, I probably won’t want to die in poverty just so I can tell people “well at least I’m not a landlord”.
I’d give it all up for free in a heartbeat if I had a guarantee I’d have a dignified old age but we just aren’t there yet as a society.