[MichaelMcG]

Man, you're reading too far into my comment. I was just saying the sentence reads like:

A wealthy individual (WI) coming to his neighbors.

WI: "I'm worried your homes might be bought by individuals that affect my privacy, I know you don't intend to move, so let's make a deal that you can still live here and pay rent."

Neighbors: "Ok"

Random YC Comment: "(WI) left them in their homes, rather than reneging on his deal and casting them out of their familial homes to the street."

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A Feudal Lord (FL) dies and his heir receives the fiefdom.

FL: "You are now my serfs and I've decided you may continue to live here and pay me a percentage of the crop yield, I am a generous lord."

Serf: "OK, m'lord"

Random YC Comment: "(FL) left the peasants in their huts like the generous lord he is."

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A state industry has been privatized and is now owned by an Oligarch, to include the housing provided to the workers.

Oligarch: "Party land now my land, you may continue to live and work here to provide me profit, I am a generous businessman."

Worker: "ХОРОШО"

Random YC Comment: "The Oligarch left the workers in their housing, as long as it still provided him a profit."

[greggturkington]

In this case a capitalist put in an offer to purchase homes, the owners accepted the offer. They didn't risk being "cast out."

They were offered a lease agreement, and they accepted this offer. They were not "left" there.

[ClumsyPilot]

Some people sold themselves into slavery, i.e. became slaves willingly, and were bought by a capitalist.

The idea that capitalism guarantees liberty is dangerous and absurd.

[greggturkington]

They didn't risk being "cast out," they were not "left" there.