California bill to add more housing in single-family neighborhoods blocked

Re:California bill to add more housing in single-family neig... by anon1m0us on Thursday May 16, 2019 @05:08PM (#19933242)

Buying something is not a right. It's a privilege. You can't buy drugs. You can't buy lots of things. It's not "life, liberty, and the right to buy stuff." It's "the pursuit of happiness" which clearly is an inalienable right that is being taken from people.

It's no different than a bully on the playground taking the ball from a weaker kid. They both have a right to play with that ball, right? The bullying force just comes from a bank account -- that's all.

No, we shouldn't allow financial bullies to run rampant either.

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Re:California bill to add more housing in single-family neig... by chrisdhoover on Thursday May 16, 2019 @05:59PM (#19933824)

Property rights are the foundation of the US. Calling it a privilege is a complete misunderstanding of history. We are not serfs subordinate to a lord. We are not comrades subordinate to a politburo. We are citizens. As it was written in its early form, we believe in life, liberty and property.

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Re:California bill to add more housing in single-family neig... by anon1m0us on Thursday May 16, 2019 @06:25PM (#19934052)

You're fine then with one person owning all the property?

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Re:California bill to add more housing in single-family neig... by dgzl on Thursday May 16, 2019 @08:15PM (#19934836)

If they acquire it legally, then who are any of us to object?

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Re:California bill to add more housing in single-family neig... by anticensor on Friday May 17, 2019 @12:37AM (#19936330)

If one person onws everything, he is de facto the government.

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