Don’t forget the incessant lobbying for charter schools even though nobody wants them and there’s no research to suggest they are better than the public system.

People like people like them.

‘Abolish ownership’ is a pretty simple talking point, how would you make it work in a legal sense?

Who determines what is your responsibility vs the neighbor vs the city? How do you establish legal boundaries for purposes of theft, vandalism, or trespassing?

Laws might seem cold (because they are) or inhumane (because they are) but they are also the thing that keeps society organized. And that makes them one of the most important human inventions. Rights are the result of laws.

If you’re concerned about land prices, or people being ‘priced out’ of things, there are important alternate solutions to that kind of problem. Things like social services, improving education, breaking up super corporations, promoting healthy neighborhood design and small business, etc.

My wife and I hope to be in a similar situation in a few years.

I’ve stopped mentioning it because there was so much negative reaction and I’m tired of explaining. I usually just blurt out whatever is on my mind but this is now among the things I treat as taboo.

What people need to realize is that there are different kinds of people. All kinds of people. There are greedy, corrupt, evil business owners, landlords, politicians, lawyers, cops, etc. But it’s not the job that is the problem. It’s the people.

The only thing that makes the world better is when better people go into those professions. And the only way that happens is if we appropriately respect the importance of the role.

We aren’t interested in price gouging some struggling family that is having trouble making ends meet. We just want to cover maintenance and taxes. If you treat us and our home with respect we will treat you with respect.

I feel like that’s how it should be.

Gentrification comes from the root word “Gentry” referring to the upper or ruling class.

It’s literally the upper class moving in, displacing the lower or middle class. The word is classist by definition.