Private property abuses the rights of personal property. It's my home, yet someone else "owns" it.

Landlords barely contribute maintenance when required. Might as well hire a handy person to be intermediary to any professionals 🤷

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[–] 1 point 3 weeks ago (1 child)

I mean, capital still exists even without capitalism. Houses are made with materials and labor that cost more than rent and a security deposit. Even in the most socialist or communist ownership structure, someone paid for those materials and that labor, and that someone isn't a new tenant unless they bought the entire house with an upfront payment.

I'm not sure what alternative you're proposing.

I sure would love to be given the capital of a house for free, because then I could turn around and reverse mortgage its value and get significant personal gain from that.

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  • [–] [S] 3 points 2 weeks ago

    Community builds housing. Society makes it.

    First off, yes a house is capital - within the current capialist system it's capital cost is completely disconnected from the actual capital cost.

    Secondly, I'm open to alternatives? I've got an option but a problem doesn't have to have a solution for me to point it out. That doesn't mean I don't understand capital.

    Here's an "alternative" people get their personal property. Secondly we give out empty homes. You can trade homes, hell even sell em but their value isn't the same anymore after revolution and everyone owning one.

    All the way down we have established communes. Communities that we partake in. Here we would build housing when new families need it. Community effort to make it in a fairly moneyless society.

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