On: Three companies own 19,000 rental houses in Atlant...

[chollida1]

In a just society, we'd identify what specific law they broke and try them based on that, no?

If you think they are breaking the law then specify what law they are breaking.

[cj → chollida1]

Or lobby/advocate for establishment of new laws that might be needed now, which may not have been needed in the past.

Humans are inventive and creative (and often greedy). Once we find a loophole or a point of advantage, we tend to exploit it.

For better or worse, the US legal system is slow to change so it takes a long time of people exploiting the system before the legal framework catches up.

This morning I was reading some outrage post in a local facebook group for my small town. Everyone is up in arms about a new apartment complex being built. Then someone chimes in on the thread asking where everyone was when the permits were approved (hint: no one complaining attended the meetings to voice their concerns). TLDR: get involved in local politics. Too many people assume someone else will do it (or other people will vote so I don't have to), and rarely is that the case.

[RHSeeger → chollida1]

> In a just society, we'd identify what specific law they broke and try them based on that

... and we would have the ability to get laws that best benefit society passed.

Unfortunately

- It's almost impossible to actually hold anyone with significant money accountable for anything

- It's almost impossible to hold any company accountable for anything

- It's almost impossible to get good laws passed, because the companies pay to get the lawmakers elected

[bavent → chollida1]

In a just society we would have laws that prevent this sort of thing, instead of lobbying by these corporations to prevent the passing of them in the first place, so people like you can go “well it’s not illegal therefore it’s ok”