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The Evil Landlord Myth Exposed...
The left’s Marxist-inspired caricature of landlords as mega-rich evil overlords crushing “generation rent” is a lie.
The real culprits are the state and its elite allies, who profit from a rigged housing market while leftist rhetoric distracts from their complicity. From migration to blue-state policies, the system thrives on inaccessibility, not landlord greed.
1. Landlords: Scapegoats, Not Overlords
Landlords house 4.8 million UK households - 20% of the population - because the state gutted social housing, building only 6,463 homes in 2022 against a needed 145,000 (Resolution Foundation, 2023). These small-scale investors face 5-6% mortgage rates, soaring taxes, and 15% higher insurance costs since 2022 (Zoopla, 2024), yet contribute £45 billion annually (UK Government Housing Statistics, 2023). The Marxist “evil rich” trope scapegoats them to mask state failure.
2. The State’s Cash Cow: Profiting from Inaccessibility
Cheap housing isn’t in the state’s interest. High prices fuel a £14.1 billion Stamp Duty haul (HMRC, 2023). Landlords pay income tax on rents, unlike homeowners with tax-free gains. A crash would gut budgets. Green belt rules and NIMBY-ism keep prices high - a feature, not a bug, ignored by leftist fantasies.
3. Low-Skilled Migration: Fuelling Demand, Ignored by the Left
Low-skilled migration spikes housing demand, yet the left stays silent. Net migration hit 606,000 in 2022, with low-skilled migrants, often in private rentals, driving up rents (Migration Watch UK, 2023). A 1% population increase raises house prices 1% (Migration Advisory Committee, 2018). In London, 67% of private rented households are headed by non-UK-born individuals, many low-skilled (Centre for Policy Studies, 2024). This strains supply - 234,400 homes built in 2023 vs. 340,000 needed (ONS, 2023) - while the left blames landlords, not state oversight.
4. Blue States’ Burden: High Taxes, Low Homeownership
In the US, it’s no coincidence that states with the highest taxes and property prices - California, New York, Massachusetts - are blue strongholds where homeownership is least attainable. California’s median home price hit $900,000 in 2024, with a 48% homeownership rate vs. the national 66% (National Association of Realtors, 2024; Census Bureau, 2024). High property taxes and regulations like CEQA choke supply, while Democrat-led policies favour wealthy homeowners and state revenue over renters. The left’s “equity” rhetoric masks this elite-driven inaccessibility.
5. Leftist Blind Spots: Distracting from State Complicity
The left’s “tax the rich” mantra is a diversion. Scotland’s 2022–23 rent freeze cut supply, spiking rents 14.1% (Zoopla, 2023). Marxist-inspired policies like rent controls ignore supply shortages and underfunded social housing, shielding the state’s role in perpetuating inaccessibility.
6. Elite Hypocrisy: Politicians and Homeowners Win
One in five UK MPs are landlords; 78% of US Congress members own investment properties (UK Parliament Register, 2023; OpenSecrets, 2023). Their wealth - like Jeremy Corbyn’s now £1 million+ Islington home - soars (ONS, 2023). Left-leaning homeowners block projects like San Francisco’s 495-unit affordable housing (San Francisco Chronicle, 2022), guarding their gains while preaching “equality.”
7. Why Rents Soar: State-Enabled Scarcity
Rents jumped 11.2% in London, 8-10% in Miami (Zoopla, 2024; Brookings, 2024). Zoning laws, NIMBYs, and rising costs - mortgages, insurance - force landlords to raise rents or exit. Marxist fixes like Sweden’s rent controls create 20-year waitlists (The Local Sweden, 2023). This is state-driven scarcity.
8. Inheritance Tax: Elite Wealth, Untouched
Inheritance tax is a sham- only 4% of UK estates pay it (HMRC, 2023). Elites pass property empires tax-free, locking in inequality. Scrapping it entirely would prevent the state from seizing family wealth, enabling more people to inherit homes and build stability, especially for the poorest.
9. A Global Scam
China’s elites hoard real estate; Sweden’s controls fuel black markets; Soviet elites grabbed dachas (South China Morning Post, 2023). Leftist equality talk masks elite privilege, with housing as the tool.
The Left’s Dangerous Delusion
The housing crisis lays bare the left’s hypocrisy. By vilifying landlords, they dodge the real issues: state-driven scarcity, migration-fuelled demand, and high-tax, high-regulation regimes that crush homeownership. Their Marxist class-war slogans and failed policies - like rent controls - deepen inequality, while low taxes, free markets, and deregulation would unleash supply, lower prices, and lift the poorest into homeownership. The left’s rhetoric isn’t just misguided - it’s a betrayal of the very people they claim to champion, propping up a system where elites and the state profit while renters and youth are crushed. It’s time to ditch the dogma and embrace solutions that actually work.
Look at this rape apologist.
Apparently victims claiming rape from a very long time ago isn't evidence.
Based off what this rape apologist thinks is evidence, multiple grooming gang perpetrators would not have faced any kind of prosecution.
Vermin
bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cdd2…
A jury found him guilty on her recount of what happened a very long time ago. That's hardly evidence.
You're citing the section to me as if I am not aware of how it works? I fucking know how it works, that is not the point.
I am not apologizing for rape, I am stating the glaring differences in the punishments. How is that hard to understand?
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As someone who has been sexually assaulted and drugged...
Those defending Brand must have never been a victim of SA because if they had been they would be able to recognise
1. The difficulty in getting a conviction and the risk and trauma to the victim, and...
2. The fact Brand is so obviously an abuser to those of us who have been abused due to all his behaviour.
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I've seen so many people turn a blind eye to Norris in these conditions.
The guy is on par with the greats in the wet no question
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These people are what will cause Dems to regain power for a decade. They have ZERO political awareness and essentially are all foreign assets at this point.
JD Vance is hated and unelectable, he is also one of the primary reasons Americas allies have turned from them after going off insulting everyone and getting basic history wrong
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I think Vance's statement shows precisely why they lost. He hasn't a fucking clue.
Imagine controlling all 3 branches and failing entirely.
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This man is a fucking loser lol
One of the things the data analysts on our side obsessed over was "composition"—whether the electorate looked close enough to 2024 for Republicans to win. And despite polls that showed a Democrat blowout, the data kept on telling us the same story: in some states turnout was merely OK, in other states it was downright amazing, and in no state was it catastrophic. There was a genuine sense of optimism on our team: our people were showing up.
So, I asked the smartest data guy I know, does that mean we're going to shock the world? "No," he told me. "We might do better than the polls suggest. But the data is telling us that a lot of Trump/Vance 2024 voters are pissed and planning to vote for the other guys. Our voters are turning out, but they may not vote for us."
Well, that looks prophetic now. Our voters did show up. In Florida, for example, the electorate was 9 points more Republican than Democrat, just a couple points worse than 2024. Undoubtedly there were places we could have done better on turnout. But the main problem is not turnout. The main problem is that many people who voted for Trump/Vance in 2024 voted for Democrats in 2026.
There will be a lot of infighting and arguing over what happened and why that is. One of the pollsters I really respect told me that our economic messaging wasn’t sharp enough down the stretch. I’m sure that’s true.
But the real reason we lost is obvious to almost everyone.
Another pollster—one of the smartest people I know in politics, told me yesterday we’d lose the generic ballot by 13 points. I felt negative going into Tuesday, but even I was shocked by this. In his polling, he saw that a lot of Trump 2024 voters were angry and planning to vote for Democrats. He asked those voters who had abandoned us what would cause them to come back on our team. The top four answers, accounting for nearly all of the responses were:
1) End the war
2) Focus on cost of living/inflation
3) Put America First
4) Change our relationship to Israel
Our voters showed up. And the above four reasons are why many of them voted for Democrats. This is according to a pollster who nailed the results. While many spent Monday attacking Rachel Campos Duffy for calling for a diplomatic resolution to the conflict, it turns out her political advice was sound. (She’s also a great person.)
In the next few months, there's going to be a lot of gaslighting. Expect to hear any number of establishment politicians say the solution to our woes is amnesty. I'm open to the idea that we should change enforcement—by focusing more on businesses that hire illegal labor, for instance. But anyone pushing amnesty is lying to you.
The reason we lost is the war. The president himself said so last night.
If you'd like to argue it was worth it, that losing the Senate for the next 6 years was worth it, then do so. Argue it was a worthwhile cost to pay. Agree or disagree, that's at least honest.
But everyone knows why we lost. And any honest conversation about where we go from here must start there.
I remain hopeful about our country. To the people who are pissed off and want to say, “I told you so”: you’re right, you did tell us so. Take that energy into electing Republicans who share your worldview. To the people who are just pissed at the results, you should be. Let’s take that anger and get back to the work of saving our country.
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100%
I think the Iran thing is the scapegoat being used. Meghan is right.
I have a LOT to say about all of this and will on my show today but this was not JUST about Iran and gas prices (although that is significant). Some of this is cultural, social, and the fact that this administration has propped up cruel, unserious, corrupt weirdos who just want to be social media influencers.
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