Capitalism vs Landlordism - What's the difference?
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(politics, uncountable) a socio-economic system based on private property rights, including the private ownership of resources or capital, with economic decisions made largely through the operation of a market unregulated by the state.
(economics, uncountable) a socio-economic system based on the abstraction of resources into the form of privately owned capital, with economic decisions made largely through the operation of a market unregulated by the state.
(countable) a specific variation or implementation of either such socio-economic system.
An economic system under which a few private individuals (landlords) own property, and rent it to tenants.
* 1907 , Jack London, The Iron Heel :
A specific variation or implementation of such a system.
* Reclaiming the land: the resurgence of rural movements in Africa, Asia, and Latin America , edited by Sam Moyo and Paris Yeros, page 33:
Capitalism is a see also of landlordism.
As nouns the difference between capitalism and landlordism
is that capitalism is (politics|uncountable) a socio-economic system based on private property rights, including the private ownership of resources or capital, with economic decisions made largely through the operation of a market unregulated by the state while landlordism is an economic system under which a few private individuals (landlords) own property, and rent it to tenants.capitalism
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(en-noun)- What if all the poor people should refuse to pay rent and shelter themselves under the American flag? Landlordism would go crumbling.
- [...] including the racialized landlordisms to which it gives rise.
