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    5 days ago

    Owning 1 slave: Okay

    Owning a dozen slaves: Okay

    Owning hundreds of slaves: not okay.

    /s obviously

    /uj

    Of course slavery and landlordism aren’t identical in every respect, but they both are based on a parasite class doing no work, and extracting labor value from people who do. Large-scale vs small-scale doesn’t make landlording any more ethical.