A lot of big tory brained comedy in that thread. Some choice quotes:
I’d be provided vital housing to those who want to rent. Not everyone wants to own.
The Landlord thinks they’re providing a vital service! 
People rarely remain in one income bracket over a lifetime, they gain experience and move up.
Rather telling of a sheltered life experience.
Well would you run a business at a loss? Would you work for nothing? (Charity aside)
Implying being a Landlord is work.
mao had it right.
line them up against a wall of your choosing, or theirs. and shoot them. all of them.
That isn’t even what Mao did. What you describe goes much further than Maos actions.
technically true
Leaving them all to whinge and cry about having their “essential service” repossessed would be funny anyways
That’s not what happened though. Basically with the KMT crushed peasants started taking back the land to redistribute.
The CPC was like well it would be undialectical and reactionary to oppose this, especially given the peasantry is the foundation of our support, you guys knock yourself out and we’ll sort it out when the dust settles.
Depending on how hated you were, the peasants might kill you, your family etc. Or if you weren’t too bad they might just send you into exile/internal displacement.
And in the rare cases if a landlord was popular, they’d be like cool you keep the big house see you tomorrow to work the fields with everyone. Or else.
I’m imagining one of those HGTV shows but it’s finding a appealing location for
