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[โ€“] rockSlayer@lemmy.world 37 points 1 year ago (1 children)

When people call the current political system a "bourgeois democracy", this is what they mean. The interests of politicians lay with their fellow capitalist oligarchs

[โ€“] DessertStorms@kbin.social 10 points 1 year ago

The interests of politicians lay with their fellow capitalist oligarchs

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[โ€“] PM_ME_YOUR_ZOD_RUNES@sh.itjust.works 27 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I don't think this problem is specific to Montreal.

[โ€“] DessertStorms@kbin.social 12 points 1 year ago

Nor to Canada, regards from the UK

[โ€“] blazera@kbin.social 18 points 1 year ago (1 children)

This is solvable by outlawing landlords.

[โ€“] ExiledElf@lemmy.world 12 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Really though. 10.8% of homes nationally are unoccupied. Can you imagine how much more accessible housing would be if landlords couldnโ€™t sit on properties to find the next tenant to bleed dry?

[โ€“] Pxtl@lemmy.ca 0 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

That's a myth. What it actually means is they have no regular occupant, which means for example they're student houses full of students with a home address elsewhere.

[โ€“] Falmarri@lemmy.world 8 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Wouldn't it also be a conflict of interest if they were renters? How can someone not have any interest in housing?

[โ€“] wildbus8979@sh.itjust.works 18 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Sure, but in that case their interests would be a human right. It's a conflict of interests because they are for profit owners; not just owners.