Was walking past this apartment complex on the corner of SE 28th and Taylor tonight and overheard two of the tenants talking. Apparently, the owner had recently evicted everyone in order to remodel and the deadline to GTFO was at hand. The one was asking the other whether hed found somewhere to stay yet and he said no. Hes basically living out of his car. The lady who asked shook her head and said that a lot of the other people hadnt either, some staying with friends, some in motels, etc., and then made a comment to the effect that, There should be a law that the owners of these places have to wait until everyone has found somewhere else to live before they begin construction. I couldnt agree more. Unfortunately, thats not likely to happen within the context of a for-profit political-economic system centered around private property rights, which is why one of the main issues I have with the institution of private property in relation to our current setup, i.e., it essentially links private property to liberty, and through private property rights, secures the liberty of the propertied (in this case, the liberty to evict all of their tenants from their homes regardless of whether they have anywhere else to go). Consequently, the greater ones property, the greater ones means of self-determination; while no access to property means a complete lack of self-determination whatsoever.
Posted on: Sat, 12 Jul 2014 04:52:32 +0000
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