Jeopardy: Oh I'll take #3 for a month's worth of rent!
A: it goes to the banks, who do literally nothing to care or maintain for the housing or support the renters.
Existential question: how is this different from taxation without representation?
A: it goes to the banks, who do literally nothing to care or maintain for the housing or support the renters.
Existential question: how is this different from taxation without representation?
Landlords are subject to the laws of the land, so you actually have your government representative making laws about what your landlord has to do and how much they can charge you for it.
You're also your own representative with your landlord. If you have a problem with your situation, you can talk to your landlord and try to work it out. That's the thing that representatives are supposed to do with the government. It doesn't guarantee results, but you have representation.
It's also different from taxation without representation because it's much easier to opt out of a bad landlord than it is to opt out of a bad government.
Now, another faceless drone in a suit will simply replace the collector, the soldiers are domestic and called police, and the money is distributed to a large amount of people via fake work jobs in the financial industry who will fight tooth and nail to preserve the system.
there's a layer of abstraction! Duh!