https://tankie.tube/videos/watch/240b0b75-91b5-449a-add5-f8681fba4730 Grab Atlas VPN for just $1.83/mo + 3 months extra before the BIG DEAL deal expires: https://get.atlasvpn.com/Hakim Support me on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/ComradeHakim Twitter: @YaBoiHakim 00:00 Intro 01:10 Chad Quotes (Adam Smith, Karl Marx) 02:50 Are There Any "Good" Landlords? 04:40 Statistics and Realities 08:54 Landlords are Superfluous, Potential Solutions 13:42 "Landlords are doing a social good by providing housing!" 16:40 "But landlords risk, so therefore they deserve profit!" 18:07 "But rental contracts are voluntary!" 19:03 "Landlords have to do work on their properties too!" 20:46 "Landlords have their own bills to pay, how else are they going to do it?" 21:55 "Laws are in favour of tenants, landlords have no power!" 22:53 "But some people prefer renting!" 24:03 "I worked hard for the property, so I deserve it as an investment!" and Conclusion JOKER MAO Calling them leeches is incorrect as leeches actually serve a function. Let's have fun laughing at all the arguments landlords use to justify their parasitical existence. JOKER MAO Sources: https://www.marxists.org/archive/marx/works/1844/manuscripts/rent.htm http://www.gmhousingaction.com/good-landlord-myth/ https://www.huckmag.com/perspectives/opinion-perspectives/there-is-no-such-thing-as-a-good-landlord/ https://www.cnbc.com/2021/09/14/america-is-short-more-than-5-million-homes-study-says.html https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2017/feb/16/homeless-count-population-america-shelters-people https://www.longtermtrends.net/home-price-median-annual-income-ratio/ https://www.thebalance.com/how-much-income-do-you-need-to-buy-a-house-5204854 https://www.fool.com/the-ascent/research/average-house-price-state/ https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2022/feb/07/homelessness-is-lethal-deaths-have-risen-dramatically https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=67uWQjs745E&ab_channel=SecondThought http://www.gmhousingaction.com/good-landlord-myth/ https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/politics/buy-to-let-landlords-renters-homes-22-million-homeowners-onward-neil-obrien-conseratives-a8414736.html https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-43504015 https://www.nytimes.com/2021/12/30/realestate/millennials-housing-market.html https://www.businessinsider.com/more-millennials-planning-to-rent-forever-cant-afford-housing-2019-11?r=US&IR=T https://www.pewresearch.org/fact-tank/2021/08/02/as-national-eviction-ban-expires-a-look-at-who-rents-and-who-owns-in-the-u-s/ https://www.businessinsider.com/congress-assets-property-real-estate-law-2021-12?r=US&IR=T https://www.thestranger.com/slog/2020/03/31/43291139/heres-how-many-landlords-there-are-in-the-washington-legislature https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/politics/tories-vote-down-law-requiring-landlords-make-their-homes-fit-for-human-habitation-a6809691.html https://www.tobenerlaw.com/sex-for-rent-amid-covid-19/ Wed, 08 Apr 2026 22:23:38 GMT https://validator.w3.org/feed/docs/rss2.html PeerTube - https://tankie.tube https://tankie.tube/lazy-static/avatars/3ba3ff73-a8b6-49c9-add8-9653ef090c7f.webp https://tankie.tube/videos/watch/240b0b75-91b5-449a-add5-f8681fba4730 All rights reserved, unless otherwise specified in the terms specified at https://tankie.tube/about and potential licenses granted by each content's rightholder.