• @muntedcrocodile@lemmy.world
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        44 months ago

        This guy gets it. As some guy in bladerunner said every great advancment in history was built on the backs of a disposable workforce.

      • @tunetardis@lemmy.ca
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        164 months ago

        Did you read the article? I have sympathy for this particular landlord. He’s in deep shit for offering shelter to fellow migrants the system has clearly failed.

        • @thefartographer@lemm.ee
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          94 months ago

          I did and beyond just the shelter, the lack of ventilation and proper plumbing. I don’t think you’re saying that this landlord should be hailed as a hero, but I’m also not saying that he should be condemned. You’re right, he tried his best and failed, but my point was more about the other landlords in New York. The actual residential ones who would rather take a loss and get a tax break than even temporarily keep one victimized human out of the elements.

          There is sooooooo much available housing in our damn country and people are dying on the streets because the one landlord trying to do anything is a criminal and the ones who help build the problem are entrepreneurs.

      • Flying Squid
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        104 months ago

        If more landlords gave desperate people places to sleep, maybe they wouldn’t be as bad.