Does having an AirBNB setup make someone deserving of the guillotine or does that only apply to owners of multiple houses? What about apartments?

Please explain your reasoning as well.

  • Krafty KactusOP
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    9 months ago

    Doesn’t having publicly owned housing make the state a landlord effectively?

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      9 months ago

      It can, but not necessarily. The issue with landlords is rent-seeking, if the state funnels all of the income towards maintenance, building new housing, or even lowering housing prices without taking profit, they have removed all issues with landlords.

      As a landlord, their goal is to make profit. As a state, their goal is to provide a service.

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          9 months ago

          In a bourgois government? I probably have less faith than you do, but one controlled democratically by the Workers? Far more than any landlord.