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[–] Hegar@kbin.social 99 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (2 children)

Chants of “See our might, see our power, landlords get no happy hour” ... “Parasite!” and “Get a job!”

Love it!

About an hour into the rally, the picketers entered the venue ... Witnesses said a male attendee of the BPOA event [landlord] then slapped a female TANC member [protester] in the face and pushed her.

Thuggish landlords throwing their weight around? I'm shocked. Interestingly, police who were monitoring refused to enter the venue.

No one's profits are more important than anyone's right to shelter. While there'll never be justice in a world with landlords, at least there can be some nice music:

https://youtube.com/watch?v=aCiYmCVikjo

[–] Alto@kbin.social 28 points 1 year ago

Landlords being massive pieces of shit? Well I never

[–] Burn_The_Right@lemmy.world 7 points 1 year ago

YES! I knew what it was before I even clicked! Perfect!

[–] rockSlayer@lemmy.world 79 points 1 year ago (2 children)

Good. The petite bourgeois need to remember that they are part of the problem.

[–] Cethin@lemmy.zip 13 points 1 year ago

More importantly, they need to know that they only live as long as people don't turn against them.

[–] AnUnusualRelic@lemmy.world 11 points 1 year ago (1 children)
[–] rockSlayer@lemmy.world 4 points 1 year ago (2 children)

It's all French anyway. I prefer to avoid using the academic terms when possible in first place, but there really isn't a replacement I can use in English

[–] CoolMatt@lemmy.world 2 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

Little snobs? Shit head minority? Something like that comes to mind

[–] twopi@lemmy.ca 1 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago) (1 children)

Bourgeois = owning class

Proletariat = working class

If you get income from owning (stocks [dividends, capital gains], landlords [rent]) = owning class

If you get income from working (hourly wage, salary) = working class

I think that should work. What do you think?

[–] rockSlayer@lemmy.world 1 points 11 months ago (1 children)

I mean, it generally defines the interaction between classes, but there isn't really a simple term for petit bourgeois. They are technically members of the capitalist class, but if they analyzed their place in the class dynamic they would realize that their interests lay with the working class. They don't fit nicely in either square, so I tend to struggle with finding a term for them

[–] twopi@lemmy.ca 1 points 11 months ago

I just say they have two parts to them. The working part and the owning part.

The working part works on the business and without it the business does not survive.

However the owning part is the part expecting an roi.

The goal of the small business owner is to separate the working and owning parts of themselves.

This fully happens when they hire employees, enough of them for themnot to work.

Then the small business owner is just an owner and their employees are the working class.

[–] Coldgoron@lemmy.world 40 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Do you mean a room full of narcissistic people couldn’t get along?

[–] AngryCommieKender@lemmy.world 11 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I'm curious, are you calling all three groups narcissists?

[–] GregoryTheGreat@programming.dev 36 points 1 year ago (1 children)

They only read the title and thought the landlords were digging each other.

[–] affiliate@lemmy.world 34 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

Outside the pub, tenant advocates were having conversations with passerby who disagreed with the protest. “Wouldn’t it be bad if we were celebrating landlords losing their homes?” one protester (left) said.

what a strange thing to say outside an event where landlords are celebrating being able to evict people again.

edit: i misread the article when i made this comment

[–] ChaoticEntropy@feddit.uk 4 points 1 year ago

I don't follow.

[–] TheFriar@lemm.ee 26 points 1 year ago

Wow. Capitalism blows.

[–] malloc@lemmy.world 25 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Would rather know which properties these people own and work full time to ensure they are empty at all costs.

[–] mohKohn@kbin.social 8 points 1 year ago

in the bay? you're hilarious.

[–] reagansrottencorpse@lemmy.world 20 points 1 year ago

It's nice to see positive news once in a while

[–] prole@sh.itjust.works 17 points 1 year ago (1 children)

She said she then stepped out to request the presence of the police, who had been observing the protest, but they refused to enter the pub.

Interesting... police refused to step in at the request of the landlords.

[–] Wogi@lemmy.world 1 points 1 year ago

They were landlords, so no pigs were allowed inside the building.

[–] PseudoSpock@lemmy.dbzer0.com 16 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Not long now until we're eating the rich. I can't wait!

[–] rockSlayer@lemmy.world 6 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I call dibs on the ny strip!

I'm real good at filet

[–] samus12345@lemmy.world 15 points 1 year ago

I wondered about the wisdom of having a high profile landlord party in Berkeley, of all places. Not sure if they could have chosen a much worse place.

[–] bluetardis@sh.itjust.works 9 points 1 year ago

Which muppet thought that having a celebration party was a good idea ?

[–] GiddyGap@lemm.ee 4 points 1 year ago

Berkeley may well be the worst place ever to have a landlord party. Read the room.

[–] Hello_there@kbin.social 1 points 1 year ago (4 children)

"Landlords entering the party were greeted with shouts of “Parasite!” and “Get a job!”"
Some good news for today.

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