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[–] 6 points 4 months ago

Stalin was a landlord lol

Why?


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  • [–] 3 points 4 months ago (1 child)

    Source? I find this hard to believe from Smith? Or is that the joke and I'm just retard?

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  • [–] 15 points 4 months ago

    It's not actually from Adam Smith, it's a Marx quote from some of his unfinished notes posthumously published as Economic and Philosophic Manuscripts of 1844. The quote is specifically from Rent of Land in the first manuscript.

    Adam Smith does talk about how landlords are parasites in Book 1 Chapter 11 of Wealth of Nations, Of the Rent of Land.

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  • [–] 3 points 4 months ago

    Now ask: “Who should own land?”

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    [–] 20 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago)

    Weird that there are at least three landlord fans.

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  • [–] 15 points 4 months ago

    You may consider us gatekeepers and leeches, but we prefer the term housing provider.

    You think I’m joking?

    I am not joking.

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