No need to be rude, I don’t recall being rude to you. If I came across that way, I apologize. 🙂

The opposite of beating a dead horse is beating a live horse.

The phrase, “beating a dead horse” means doing something that is accomplishing nothing.

So, beating a live horse means doing something that is accomplishing something.

The phrase has meaning because it’s implied the beater (or flogger) has just been doing something over and over again long passed the point of it being useful.

“The origin of the expression ‘beat a dead horse’ comes from the mid-19th century, when the practice of beating horses to make them go faster was often viewed as acceptable. To beat a dead horse would be pointless, as it wouldn't be able to go anywhere.”

https://www.gingersoftware.com/content/phrases/beat-a-dead-horse/#

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flogging_a_dead_horse

I pay around 25% if my income a year for housing and some back-of-the-napkin math says I’ll have paid what the average home in my state costs after 25-ish years.

But I don’t want a home or land. I’m paying for a product I actually want and it feels classist to assume that there’s only one “right” way of living life—owning a home.

My fridge needed replaced. This was an unexpected, four-figure purchase I didn’t have to make.

I’m not opposed to my landlord making a profit off me, every service does that. When I get my car fixed, I’m aware they are making a significant profit off of the interaction.

I’d question my landlord’s sanity if he wasn’t making money lol

So it’s not wrong to sell a human right, we can agree on that.

I’d argue my landlord allows me to live more stress-free than I would if I were home owning. My fridge broke last month, I called him, and had a new one in two days. This is an expense I would have had trouble affording had I been on the hook for it.

I haven’t mowed a lawn in years because he and his son mow mine, and I haven’t had to worry about replacing a lawnmower or spending thousands getting it fixed every year like my parents…

Tl;dr I do not want to own a home and for me, landlords provide a necessary service

I understand how in many places the system is awful, I’d recommend reading “Evicted” by Matthew Desmond. I wanted to hug my landlord after hearing how awful they can be lol.

The system is in need of reform, especially with how punitive evictions are, but I think people going into the “landlording is inherently immoral” arguments aren’t contributing anything to the discussion and just making reform-minded people look bad.

If you’re privileged enough to be able to afford a home right now, I’m genuinely happy for you, but I am not.

I would prefer to only be tied down to a place for one year at a max and not be in debt for longer than I’ve been alive to live in a place I might not end up even wanting to stay in.

Home ownership is for some, but not for me.

ACAB, but what’s wrong with landlords? I do not want to own a home at this stage in my life and neither does my wife.

They provide a service that I want, cops (for the most part), not so much…

I agree completely, I recently read “Evicted” by Matthew Desmond and the system, especially evictions, is awful.

That said, I don’t understand the “landlording is bad” crowd. Without landlords I can’t rent, and I like renting…

How are cops comparable to landlords lol

I do not want to own a home and my wife and I would prefer renting over home ownership for a number of reasons.

Farmers don’t provide anything of value except a human right (food) that is commodified.

I guess I have to go into debt for 30 years, permanently choose my living space, and be on the hook for major repairs on top of being in debt all while still beginning my family because… renting bad lol

But what if I like being a renter? My wife and I have no intention of owning a home right now and would prefer to continue renting for the foreseeable future.

Is it unethical for someone to accommodate us?