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My parents are landlords of a medium apartment with a family of 4 living inside it. Is it hypocritical for me to be a Marxist-Leninist when my parents are landlords? especially considering what past revolutionaries have done to landlords (Mao). To clarify things, i do not agree with the concept of landlord-ism and how my parents (and me too from a broader view) are benefiting from someone else's income while doing nothing except owning basic human needs

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[-] ledlecreeper27@lemmygrad.ml 1 points 1 year ago

Castro’s family owned a plantation but he expropriated his own parents during the revolution to give their land to peasants. His sister went to Miami and joined the CIA.

[-] AmarkuntheGatherer@lemmygrad.ml 1 points 1 year ago

Jesus fucking christ. It's the "Am I allowed to participate in society?" all over again. No, it's not some huge hypocricy to have an extra flat that you rent out, or to work a high salary job. It's also not a crime to want some comforts and even luxuries.

The landlords in pre-revolution China were essentially feudal lords, not people with a bit of extra wealth that still laboured for their living. There's no point in looking down on people over what is little more than pittance for an actual capitalist today, those arseholes take trips to the bottom of the ocean for the money your parents accrued over their lifetime.

I feel I would've been a lot softer if I hadn't read the comments. I also struggled with this when I was younger. If you truly can't fathom being petit bourgeois, just sell it when you inherit it, though be wary that the buyer may be another leech looking for investments. Otherwise I'd say it's sufficient that you keep in mind that as a human being your interests lie with the preletariat. It might be even better if you used your money to support revolutionary activity.

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