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Behind the Bastards

CHAPTER

The Social Power of the Landlord

Tennis unions, which deploy the power of collective bargaining and the social solidarity of renters have succeeded in reducing rents. But these efforts are only the beginning of a process that finally answers the question: why are rents so high? Can we finally escape the long nightmare of rents and enter a world where people's ability to live is determined not by the sort of caprication arbitrary will of a small class of landowners, but on their human need for housing? This has been a could happen here. You can find us in the usual places and yes, go, go, going into the world and make the world without rent to reality.

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