Americans are already Serfs without basic ownership
Posted by freedomforall 1 year, 2 months ago to Politics
Excerpt:
"You have no doubt heard the WEF’s slogan about our future – the one (not far from now) in which we will “own nothing and be happy.”
We’ve been living in that future for at least 100 years. The future envisioned by the WEF is thus merely an elaboration of the past – and present.
Do you disagree?
Well, let’s see!
Does anyone in this country own the home they live in – the land on which it sits? Certainly, many regard themselves as “homeowners” and “landowners.” But is this accurate? It may well be that they have “paid off” their house – and land – by which is meant they have paid the seller or the bank the purchase price of the property.
But who actually owns the property?
The question can be answered be reframing it.
Is the home-and-land-owner obliged to pay money in perpetuity in order to continue living on the property even after he has “paid it off”? The answer is one well-known to everyone who believes he is the “owner” of a home or land in this country. In fact, he is a kind of renter – in the manner of a Medieval serf – who is permitted to occupy the home/land so long as he continues to make payments to its actual owner, the lord. Or – in our case – the government – which (just like the lord, in Medieval times) has the legal power to seize the home/land for non-payment."
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DC, NIFO
"You have no doubt heard the WEF’s slogan about our future – the one (not far from now) in which we will “own nothing and be happy.”
We’ve been living in that future for at least 100 years. The future envisioned by the WEF is thus merely an elaboration of the past – and present.
Do you disagree?
Well, let’s see!
Does anyone in this country own the home they live in – the land on which it sits? Certainly, many regard themselves as “homeowners” and “landowners.” But is this accurate? It may well be that they have “paid off” their house – and land – by which is meant they have paid the seller or the bank the purchase price of the property.
But who actually owns the property?
The question can be answered be reframing it.
Is the home-and-land-owner obliged to pay money in perpetuity in order to continue living on the property even after he has “paid it off”? The answer is one well-known to everyone who believes he is the “owner” of a home or land in this country. In fact, he is a kind of renter – in the manner of a Medieval serf – who is permitted to occupy the home/land so long as he continues to make payments to its actual owner, the lord. Or – in our case – the government – which (just like the lord, in Medieval times) has the legal power to seize the home/land for non-payment."
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DC, NIFO
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you use something, you pay for it
Now I don't really own my home and, regarding the fruits of my labor, there are two questions being wrestled over: 1) How much of MY paycheck is MY fair share and, 2) How much of MY paycheck is someone else's fair share?
interesting study