For the record, this includes the "nice" landlord in your family who's "one of the good ones." We're actually coming for them first just so you stop posting pro-landlord propaganda.
this post was submitted on 26 Mar 2025
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It's the exact same argument as with cops, I don't see how you can come to a different conclusion. Individually they might be courteous, but they choose to be part of a fundamentally unethical system and their very existence is an injustice.
The people aren’t unethical, their actions are. They can knock that shit* off at any time. Then they’re just regular people. People aren’t their professions.
It’s why “blue lives matter” is so offensive. There are no blue lives. No one is born blue.
* edit: By “knock that shit off” I mean they can quit their jobs. I don’t mean, they can be an ethical cop or landlord. Systemically, most things we use cops for should be other kinds of service workers, and I can’t wrap my head around how it would ever be better to have a landlord than to own the dwelling yourself.
This mindset has really had a positive impact on how I view my neighbors and the clients I serve. It should be a freeing thought because even though it shows us people are choosing to do ill, they can just as easily choose to do well. It's helped me overcome some of the Puritanical notions of inherent good and evil I've had forced on me my entire life while not excusing bad actions.
I know someone who was a terrible ancap 4channer who made a complete 180 once he stepped outside his basement and started interacting with non-white and queer people.
Everyone has a choice, and it's never too late to start.