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You’ve never understood the concept of property rights?
by cycrutchfield 3y ago
You’ve never understood the concept of property rights?
- deleted 3y ago[deleted]
- chc 3y agoThat's not really here or there. Owning a house does not make it legal to, for example, use it as a brothel. We could just as well say that owning a house does not make it legal to rent out. You'd still have your right to the property.
- orwin 3y agoYou only really own what you're using. The rest is obligation and usury.
- giantg2 3y agoThe only rights are what the government says you can do with their land that they've given you title to.
- skyyler 3y agoI understand the concept just fine. I just find it interesting that people allow landlords to exist.
- cycrutchfield 3y agoWhat do you find interesting about it? Renting out property in general? Or is it something specifically to do with housing? If I have a house and want to rent out an unused bedroom, your preference would be that I shouldn't be allowed to do this?
- skyyler 3y agoWe criticise rent-seeking behaviour in software, I find it interesting that it's different in "real life"
- cycrutchfield 3y agoRent-seeking behavior is not the same as renting out property, it's a specific term in economics
- skyyler 3y agoAdam Smith saw most landlording as rent-seeking. He saw landlords as cruel parasites. So do I. “As soon as the land of any country has all become private property, the landlords, like all other men, love to reap where they never sowed and demand a rent even for its natural produce.”
- cycrutchfield 3y agoThe solution to that is not to abolish landlords, it’s to tax land ownership.