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So many things are being pushed to non-ownership. You used to own books which was effectively the only form of media, but now you no longer own books or any me
by elmerfud 5y ago
So many things are being pushed to non-ownership. You used to own books which was effectively the only form of media, but now you no longer own books or any media. We are all happy for it. Self-driving cars are not about freedom to allow people to own a conveyance that will take them where they want to go it's really about setting up for the non-ownership of conveyances. How many people actually own their cell phone? Planned obsolescence is just another form of non-ownership. The funny thing is property already has its non-ownership mechanic built in through the form of property taxes. If you think that property taxes are how we need to pay for city or county services then my question would be why are there so many other taxes and ways of taxing people. Property taxes are method of taking away land ownership for people who are not desirable or using the land in a productive manner. It's really just the next step to say why did you buy land in the first place just rent.
We are absolutely pushing the society to those of the haves and the renters. Then we're also putting in the massive barriers to shifting between those two classes of people. The real problem is the middle class does not see what's coming because about 20% of the middle class will be elevated into the position of owners the rest of the 80% will be relegated down to the forever renters. Until the middle class can wake up and realize the long game that's being played against them it won't change.