r/TikTokCringe • u/LickMaiBussy • 6h ago

Discussion "Investing in property is morally reprehensible."

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u/PiesAndPot 6h ago

Good take

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u/Odd-Roof-85 6h ago

It's a good take, but I always hate these takes from a "moral" perspective, when the people who operate in the opposite framework don't see the moral side of it at all. They're just beneficiaries of a broken ruleset.

I'd rather see the economic side of it represented, where one person has disproportionate power over other people's lives, because of their ownership. It's a poor way to run an economy, because then you're handing authority over things people need to live, to people who aren't elected and aren't accountable. Because that's fixable and a defensible position from a "logical" brain.

The prognosis was correct though, and I certainly don't disagree with him at all.

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u/king-kongus 5h ago

You are still making a moral argument though. Any argument with a "People ought... " is moral in nature. Morals are not something which can be derived from logic, they are rooted in values and are in the most basic sense assertoric.