It’s funny that Mao is associated with the death of the landlords when all he had to do was discontinue the practice of putting down peasant uprisings. The peasants needed little in terms of empowerment. They just needed someone to get out of their way
They’ve been coming for parks for a while now. The first tenants’ unions in my area, by almost 5 years, were at local trailer parks whose water was so full of sediment that using it to wash your clothes would rip them up and stain them. Our area is cheap for rent, too. A couple years back I rented a house for $850, no roommates, utilities included. Meanwhile, rent for a “new” trailer? $1200. They suck people in by showing them prices for lot rent and try to hide the actual price until someone’s already signed the contract. And once you’ve signed, they can technically just not rent it out and take you to court for the full amount of the lease if you break it, but they’ll usually just be happy to take your first-and-last-plus-deposit
Isn’t that kind of the point? If you can afford the land, upkeep and community are relatively easy. That’s why the richest people have picked all the low hanging fruit and uprooted the trees that produced it