#this isn't targeted at anyone nor do I think the sentiments in quesiton are bad or wrong

[rapidreptile]

I see this sentiment going around that it's ableist to say landlords suck because they don't work/don't contribute to society. and, while I agree that you shouldn't have to work or "contribute to society" to deserve a fair and enjoyable life, the fact that landlords provide no real work or benefit is a problem.

yes, I am mad that landlords don't actually contribute to society in any way. it's bad because they take from the people who do work. and this sounds dangerously close to anti welfare rhetoric, I know. but the amount any of us pays in taxes for other people's welfare, their ability to just survive, is laughably small, and for a good cause anyways. landlords on the other hand take your ENTIRE living, and that of a thousand others, to live in complete luxury. and all they "provide" is rental on properties they shouldn't have in the first place, that they stole from the public market. that money that landlords don't work for could be used to prevent so many from going into poverty, to help uplift those who actually can't or shouldn't have to work for whatever reason. there's a distinction to be made here. the context is entirely different.

so yes, I think you can be mad at landlords for not working. and I think you can call them societal leaches. we all know what we mean when we say that.

(personally, I'm autistic. I'm physically disabled. I have to work still, even though it destroys me and every job is downright hostile towards my existence. I shouldn't have to work. I barely can. I know well enough that I and others who have it worse shouldn't need to work to still be worthy of a good life)