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refreshertowel t1_jbp4j2i wrote

I don't think anyone should own land, and I've lived under a bridge at one point, so no, I don't think I'm being classist. What I am being is anti-landlord. There is no contribution they make that makes it worth anyone's while to justify their existence.

In my ideal world, you would not have to worry about owning a home or land either, but for entirely different reasons than a landlord makes it worth your while not to.

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refreshertowel t1_jbp3xh8 wrote

Everyone who rents submits to a similar situation you describe, lol. Want to put up a painting on a wall? Needs owners permission. Want to remove a plant or add a new one to the garden? Needs owners permission. The only "ownership" that is allowed under land owners is that which they grant.

If that is some horrible dystopian nightmare, welcome to the modern world my friend.

The difference between myself and those other land owners is that I don't believe any of us should be able to profit from people living on land. I'm happy as long as I have something to shelter myself from the rain and something soft to lie on. I've lived in conditions without either.

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alternative5 t1_jbp36oc wrote

In a socialized system who decides who gets to live where? Is it a lottery drawing that decides who lives in the rented hi rises overlooking central park? Or a lottery deciding those that just get to live in New York or Miami or San Francisco or Los Angeles? Because all those cities have crazy housing/renting cost due to demand and even if you replaced every single family home or ever small multi story with a large multi story it still wouldnt be enough to cover the massive demand. So who would choose who gets to live in those cities?

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Butt_Bucket t1_jbp1pzp wrote

"My entire garden"

"My yard"

While I'm glad to hear that you're a generous person, it seems as if you still have a pretty strong concept of what belongs to you. You still value being the person who gets to decide how your land is used and shared. You can own something and still be generous with it.

I don't believe for a second that you would be happy if you suddenly lost all protections of ownership associated with your land, and had to cede it completely to wider society without any individual authority over what becomes of it. I'm not creating a dramatic hypothetical here. This is the exact scenario you invoke when you say that owning land is an absurd concept that should be done away with.

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