@phutatorius@lemmy.zip @the_riviera_kid@lemmy.world

Depends, even if you're a nice landlord who treats tenants fairly, if you're voting for things that make house prices higher, or the rental market tighter, then you're an arsehole.

If you're using periods of rapid rental inflation to also massively raise the rent, then fuck you. If you're standing in the way of up-zoning, fuck you. If you leave your rental empty for a long time because you're looking for at or above market rents, fuck you.

However, if you're just playing the capitalist game at the kiddie tables (2 properties like juuuuuust counts, maybe), while doing everything else in your power to work against capitalism, then I'm willing to grant there being landlords who aren't arseholes, just people living in the system.

Don't hate the player, hate the game, and hate the players who aren't trying to undo the game in some way.

I'm inclined to agree not all landlords are bad, just most.