Quote from: K-DogIt is time to return to these radical days when the idea of property was questioned. When we were younger things made more sense, but the digital age has destroyed the compromised illusions under which we were taught to dance.
I agree with K-Dog. Under capitalism, ownership of high value things like housing is not merely personal consumption but a form of private property that concentrates wealth and reinforces class distinctions. As Karl Marx argued, the proletariat must use political power to "wrest, by degree, all capital from the bourgeoisie" and centralize economic resources for the benefit of society. Homes valued above, say, $1,000,000 represent an unequal concentration of housing wealth far beyond ordinary personal need. Therefore, the state should confiscate the excess value of such properties and redirect it toward public housing, social services, and the common good. Thereby reducing class inequality and advancing the abolition of bourgeois privilege. Seems reasonable to make sure the higher net wealth individuals, with much of their upper class attitude being driven by their private property value, should be first in line. It is only fair.