Not sure what landlords are like in the states, but up here in Canada they're also responsible for maintenance and all the expenses around that

Ah thanks. I was getting some anxiety cause this topic was being talked about it in my school a lot which was triggering me into a bit of stress but knowing my planet is gonna get fucked a wee bit harder soon enough and that every few steps were taking are followed by a big push back...really adds up to that...

...happy times...

My landlord would definitely charge extra rent for this amenity.

I was in university then. Somehow I got it in my head that she and Mother Theresa died the same day. Nope.

I didn’t choose to live here lol…

But I will be moving away once I finish my undergraduate

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My fridge needed replaced. This was an unexpected, four-figure purchase I didn’t have to make.

I’m not opposed to my landlord making a profit off me, every service does that. When I get my car fixed, I’m aware they are making a significant profit off of the interaction.

I’d question my landlord’s sanity if he wasn’t making money lol

Go touch grass

If it's such an absurd concept to you, then you don't have to own land. It's not compulsory.

>At best it's a method used by people in power to prevent others from extricating themselves from the said power. At best.

What about the countless millions of people who only own the land they live on? Do you believe they're oppressing everybody else by not sharing it?

If you really feel that strongly about it, I'm sure you must already live in a commune open to any destitute people who need a place. And if you don't, then maybe its time to start freely sharing your living space with strangers. Even better if you own land. Be the change you want to see in the world.

I feel the same way. Almost like something this horrific had to be way back - like it sort of excuses them in an odd way or something because we couldn't be that shitty now - I know it is incorrect and that horrible still goes on- not sure why my brain wants to interpret that way.

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He also drives her everywhere, bank, doctor, grocery store.

That's why we don't choose to live in a place as beautiful as south Florida. I love visiting... normally in December when the weather is like a hot summer day from what I am used to. But you couldn't pay me enough to live there.

Ah I was just enjoying the pun, intentional or otherwise

Lol, you obviously know that fridge repairmen exist right? And gardeners? They don't exist solely through your landlord. You would pay a lot less just to hire them when things break / need mowing than you do in rent.

You are paying for the privilege of someone else living off your money, while also occasionally having to use your money to pay someone else to do something else to the property you live at.

If the landlords weren't making more money from you than they were spending on services, they would kick you out my friend.

This is they way the whole world should be not just those born in America.

This hits different when my NY landlord is currently trying to evict my 94 year old neighbor

Typically major weather systems failing results in worse weather than anything they'd normally produce.

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Nice to see some honestly uplifting news instead of the usual “tragic thing that shouldn’t happen taken care of by child who shouldn’t be working.”

This is great, I’m glad there were so many supportive people around her and that in the end she was carted for by an empathetic and honorable family.

Indeed, it's bizarre to me how wholeheartedly capitalism has infected every mode of thought in the modern world.

Go back less than a hundred years and there's a vast swathe of people pointing out that wages are another form of slavery...

Oh yeah, for sure. But it’s easier for me to look at current events as…well, “current”. But things that happened in the past always seem much more distant to me than they actually are. Take Princess Diana’s death, for example. I usually, subconsciously think of her death as happening long ago, like the 60’s or 70’s or something, when the reality is she died less than a year before I was born.

Past events just mess with my sense of time, I guess

Yeah, this is true, I was being mildly facetious when I said only capitalism allows such a thing. Many, many systems of production extortion have existed throughout the ages. Have you heard of the concept of Kings and the kinda shit that went down while they were the hot new thing?!

Regardless, "owning" land is an absurd concept and should be done away with. At best it's a method used by people in power to prevent others from extricating themselves from the said power. At best.

My house got leveled to the foundation.