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That guy sure is annoying looking.

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Maybe he’s a nice guy, but maybe he argues with every point in your philosophy 101 class.

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I thought it was Kurt Angle

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Defo Kurt Angle…

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I did too ,without the scalp muscles

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In a way, this is how property ownership works now. “Owning a home” is a license from the government. Obviously, you’re license will be revoked if you don’t pay taxes. Also if the government is overthrown, your deed won’t be worth much. (ask a Palestinian).

I’ve always thought it was weird that a person could own land. This is a ridiculous idea from a geologic perspective. IDK if it’s real, but I’ve heard that Native Americans though that a person claiming ownership of the land was like a flea claiming ownership of the dog.

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The government doesn’t set the price of lots or land, that’s determined by the seller. A deed will still be worth its value unless total lawless anarchy takes over. If the government is overthrown, the price of land is only effected by the stability of the currency.

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I guess OP meant won’t be worth much as in „when your government is overthrown, the new government might just kick you out of your home and strip you of your land“ as the current government is actually the only party giving you the right to claim ownership of the land.

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Homie forgot the purpose of all of this is so we don’t have to defend our territories like wild animals. Property ownsership akin to this has existed since Ur. Law and the ability to enforce it is what keeps this viable.

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Ownership is a legal fiction that doesn’t exist outside government.

Being able to occupy or defend something isn’t the same as owning either. A bear can defend it’s territory without property rights. A goose can shit in your front yard without an easement.

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If a dog gets overly-infested with fleas, with no intervention, the fleas will win.

And such is the condition of the planet, overly-infested with capitalist-minded humans.

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4 points

They say that, and to a degree it’s true, but we also spent millenia murdering the shit out of each other for being in each other’s territory

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Owning land is like owning your phone. If Apple controls it more than you, is it really yours? If the HOA has more say, who’s home is it?

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32 points

That’s just renting when the landlord sells the house.

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Unless you live in a slightly more evolved country, where a simple ownership transfer is not enough to kick out the renters and you actually have rights. Here you need to prove that you either want to use it for yourself ( 2 years minimum, government checks up on that) or it is somehow damaged beyond repair.

It’s rather common here that people get paid 10-100k euros just so they move out of an apartment ( this is per flat/apartment, so numbers can get huge for bigger buildings) and the owner can sell the empty old building to an investor/developer. Shows what insane profit margins are still to be had, if they make profits despite that.

This usually happens with old and cheap buildings in now gentrified, suddenly fancy neighborhoods.

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32 points

Don’t use 3rd party cloud services for home automation.

Enshittification ensures the company will pull the rug on you some day.

Learned that the hard way when my garage door opener stopped working.

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Shows about home “ownership” in 2040.

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