• chonglibloodsport@lemmy.world
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    3 hours ago

    Are you a landlord if you let a room to help you pay bills at the end of a month? Are you a shareholder if you have a pension?

    Judging by the answers here, the answer is no. But then we’re talking about millions of people who work everyday factory jobs, retail jobs, or low level office jobs.

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      2 hours ago

      You make valid points in a logical sense but issue of class is the issue of class, not descriptor of economic activity.

      • chonglibloodsport@lemmy.world
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        2 hours ago

        Sure, class is the big issue on everyone’s minds. But the remedies people often throw around are here indiscriminate enough to target the room-letter and the building ownership company alike. The tycoon and the pensioner alike.