The first four words of my comment were “I’m no Maoist” quite clearly signing that I don’t affiliate myself with Maoism.
The rest of my comment was in reference to Mao’s Land Reform Movement (i.e. those oh-so famous landlord killing memes). You’re thinking about Mao’s Cultural Revolution and The Great Leap Foward which were separate incidents that did, indeed, kill and starve many innocent people. Mao was tyrant and despot but no one, absolutely no one, missed the landlords expect maybe the ones that fled to Daddy Chiang.
This goes beyond not liking a Swedish finance app. This is about the dystopian absurdity of financing your rent payment. It sounds like a plot point from a William Gibson novel. You’re borrowing money, that you’ll pay back with interest, to have a roof over your head; a roof that is not even yours. Klarna would very happy to lend you that money so they can profit from debt and the landlord(s) will be happy because they’re still making money without providing value. You don’t have be Marxist to see why this is a problem.
I’m no Maoist but those ‘land reforms’ are starting to sound pretty good right now.
Hell yeah killing millions of innocent people and starving 50 million more because you dont like a Swedish finance app
Americans aren’t doing exactly that right now to Palestinians.
The first four words of my comment were “I’m no Maoist” quite clearly signing that I don’t affiliate myself with Maoism.
The rest of my comment was in reference to Mao’s Land Reform Movement (i.e. those oh-so famous landlord killing memes). You’re thinking about Mao’s Cultural Revolution and The Great Leap Foward which were separate incidents that did, indeed, kill and starve many innocent people. Mao was tyrant and despot but no one, absolutely no one, missed the landlords expect maybe the ones that fled to Daddy Chiang.
This goes beyond not liking a Swedish finance app. This is about the dystopian absurdity of financing your rent payment. It sounds like a plot point from a William Gibson novel. You’re borrowing money, that you’ll pay back with interest, to have a roof over your head; a roof that is not even yours. Klarna would very happy to lend you that money so they can profit from debt and the landlord(s) will be happy because they’re still making money without providing value. You don’t have be Marxist to see why this is a problem.