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[-] Jackie_meaiii 62 points 2 years ago

So fucking based. Alakazam is now my gender

[-] joyjoy@lemm.ee 38 points 2 years ago

My pronouns are abra/kadabra

[-] AllonzeeLV@lemmy.world 57 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)

Owning capital isn't either, and yet it's the cornerstone of the rigged casino we call our economy.

You pay way more tax on the money you labor for than the money you win through gambling on Wall Street, and while you may win or lose, the owners can and do effect the outcomes to ensure they win.

Oh and just to be clear, the winners are not the workers or the society, but private shareholders, and almost certainly not you to any significant degree.

https://www.cnbc.com/2021/10/18/the-wealthiest-10percent-of-americans-own-a-record-89percent-of-all-us-stocks.html

[-] uriel238 33 points 2 years ago

The term is rent seeking and in economics it's essentially parasite behavior.

[-] ElectricAirship@lemmy.dbzer0.com 24 points 2 years ago

"Income Property" should be straight up illegal.

[-] BB69@lemmy.world 20 points 2 years ago

What about working to maintain said land

[-] rockSlayer@lemmy.world 27 points 2 years ago

It depends. If it's because you own the land, it's still not a job

[-] Viking_Hippie@lemmy.world 16 points 2 years ago

Most landlords don't do that, they just pay others to from the money they've leeched from tenants. Being a middle man leech still isn't a job.

[-] TheDankHold@kbin.social 7 points 2 years ago

Maintenance is a job. Most people whose job it is to maintain land don’t own that land themselves however.

[-] Ilovethebomb@lemmy.ml 18 points 2 years ago

Technically you're right, it's an investment.

[-] Windshear@lemmy.ca 17 points 2 years ago

Unless you're a farmer/rancher. Then it's a way of life.

[-] Ilovethebomb@lemmy.ml 22 points 2 years ago

No, that's a job. Especially since you could lease the land or work for someone else.

[-] WereCat@lemmy.world 13 points 2 years ago
[-] Viking_Hippie@lemmy.world 20 points 2 years ago

The job is not owning the farmland, it's WORKING that land, hence the term.

[-] WereCat@lemmy.world 3 points 2 years ago

You're landlords crop. He is working you

[-] TheDankHold@kbin.social 14 points 2 years ago

A farmers job is farming. Most farmers in history didn’t even own the land they worked on tbh.

[-] kameecoding@lemmy.world 13 points 2 years ago

I'd say renting out property you own is not a job, owning land and keeping it nice and clean or dare I say it growing some vegetables is very much a job.

[-] Viking_Hippie@lemmy.world 17 points 2 years ago

owning land

Isn't a job.

keeping it nice and clean or dare I say it growing some vegetables is very much a job.

Correct.

[-] Napain@lemmy.ml 12 points 2 years ago

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