Gregory's Server@HeavenlyPossum @Daojoan @violetmadder With respect, and apologies - after nearly 3 years in the social work academic space, I have become somewhat adverse to blanket statements, such as "No one should be allowed to own a residence where they do not actually reside." - These issues always merit nuance, and invite complexity.
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@HeavenlyPossum @Daojoan @violetmadder My landlords have my consent to rent me their home. I'm ok with it. I get it that you are not, but I hope you are also able to be ok with the fact that I am ok with it, and that there are plenty of people who are also quite content to remain as renters - and without the current arrangement, as it is, that would not be possible. Historical contexts are always lovely, and there is so much academic discourse to be had here, but at the end of the day . I'm home @Daojoan @storyworker @violetmadder I have quite explicitly told you that I am not criticizing you for your choices. Consent given under duress, however, is not freely given. @HeavenlyPossum @Daojoan @violetmadder Sorry - here sits just a fleeting space time event, currently known as "me", dancing through an eternal space time field - not sure how it is that you can say that I am under duress - because I am certainly not. You can, of course, assert to me that I am under duress, but you would need to do that - under duress. @storyworker @violetmadder @Daojoan People who do not pay landlords or banks for housing are typically under threat of being violently made unhoused, with all of the harms that come along with that. |
@Daojoan @storyworker @violetmadder
The only way that people can own things that they don’t personally use or occupy is through either a) the consent of everyone involved or b) institutional violence.
Landlords do not have everyone’s consent. What they do have is institutional violence—cops who will hurt you if you don’t pay a toll for living in your home, the same as medieval lords.
Remove that institutional violence and all that’s left for them is consent or, better, living in their home while you live in yours.
@Daojoan @storyworker @violetmadder
The only way that people can own things that they don’t personally use or occupy is through either a) the consent of everyone involved or b) institutional violence.
Landlords do not have everyone’s consent. What they do have is institutional violence—cops who will hurt you if you don’t pay a toll for living in your home, the same as medieval lords.