nice defense, but you realize that edit many landlords are not like that at all.. the court system here in Alameda County California has a backlog of a decade+ for extremely abusive landlords
And some tenants are sucky too. Courts are backed up for evictions due to non payment of rent too.
"two wrongs don't make a right"
"A recent report detailing the dismal housing conditions faced by 150,000 people in unincorporated Alameda County estimated that up to one-third of renters could be living in buildings that should legally be deemed uninhabitable. But according to Alameda County’s Healthy Homes Department, the county has millions of dollars from the federal government to address exactly these concerns ..."
Your anecdote doesn't do anything whatsoever to justify your claim that most landlords are not like that at all.