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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.

[Beaker @HugoandBob]

@misfitpatriot_ I mean, Jacob is exceptionally intelligent compared to Cenk

[Beaker @HugoandBob]

@Osint613 They are stringing you along and making you look weak Trump.

[noah @JOGOBONlTO]

that could possibly be the worst track in f1 history

[Beaker @HugoandBob]

@EricLDaugh Trumps a moron.

[Beaker @HugoandBob]

@ZacGoldsmith Identity politics thrived under the Tories...

[Beaker @HugoandBob]

@GoybergOrange @Pete6626318344 @TheCinesthetic LOL

[Beaker @HugoandBob]

@CamillaTominey The problem is the Tories got us mostly into this whole mess and it was under their stewardship DEI gained its position at the altar!

[Alex Armstrong @Alexarmstrong]

Genuinely quite gobsmacked that Kemi Badenoch chose not to use her PMQs time to push the government to on DEI and institutional anti-white racism within multiple civil bodies.

Perhaps concerned that a lot of these policies took place under Tory governments?

[Matrix Breaker @AMH_Andrew]

@JuliaHB1 Very good considering it was her party that signed up to the anti white racist DEI policies that contributed to Henry's horror and permitted Hampshire Police to introduce its "different policing for different races" guidance.

Very good gaslighting

[Beaker @HugoandBob]

@JuliaHB1 @jfoster2019 Shame her party helped bring in all the DEI crap then isn't it!!! And that she was elected leader because of the look of having a black woman as the leader.

[Beaker @HugoandBob]

@Proudofthisland @MediaSOI 😂 that's exactly what I thought

[Beaker @HugoandBob]

@Tumbleweed642 @MediaSOI Stunning and brave

[Beaker @HugoandBob]

@MediaSOI He!

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[Beaker @HugoandBob]

@LoveIntegrity9 @ZiaYusufUK @JonathanPieNews Don't care.

[Beaker @HugoandBob]

Inject straight in to my veins!

[Zia Yusuf @ZiaYusufUK]

Ok @JonathanPieNews, there are precisely ZERO screenings or treatments on the NHS that are available exclusively to white people.

There are MANY conditions that disproportionately impact white people, ranging from atrial fibrillation to testicular cancer.

So that we can confirm your position, you are totally fine if the NHS makes scarce treatments or screenings for such conditions available exclusively to white people?

Surely the answer is yes, or you are an illogical racist?

[Konstantin Kisin @KonstantinKisin]

If you listened to the British media today, you'd think Henry Nowak was killed by Nigel Farage's comments.

[Beaker @HugoandBob]

@Tommbq8 @TheCinesthetic Thinking men can become women is pretty fucking crazy. I'd say Jo is positively sane in comparison to most.

[Beaker @HugoandBob]

@Bigsoda007 @daveatherton @cfdownes_ You can make this claim about any distinct group including white Europeans because races are not though monoliths

[Beaker @HugoandBob]

@AlbynRoger @daveatherton @cfdownes_ @all_israel_news Europe has shown great support to Gaza. Israel is right to tell them to put their money where their mouth is. We do exactly the same to Muslim countries telling them to accept those they support into their countries you dumb cunt

[Beaker @HugoandBob]

@SamLovesEngland @daveatherton @cfdownes_ Ohhhhh a cartoon. How to think you won an argument when you're thick as shit.

Didn't know Pakistan and Afghanistan bordered Israel. Who knew