On 27 Mar 2021 at 17:29:53 GMT, Charlie Gibbs 
wrote:

> On 2021-03-27, The Natural Philosopher  wrote:
>
>>  Its rather a study of mine, actually. My tentative observation  is that
>>  those who advocate the purest form of Marxism are in fact simply showing
>>  a romantic fondness for the lifestyle of the hunter gatherer. Before
>>  farming, before herding even, a population of at best a few million
>>  lived 'in harmony with nature' lacking even the idea of 'private
>>  property' let alone the hierarchies and the discipline that are
>>  necessary for large numbers of people to act in unison.
>
> This makes it particularly ironic that many societies that
> are appalled by Karl Marx's philosophy are adopting one of
> his fundamental tenets: the elimination of private property.
> Housing prices are climbing so fast that soon none but the
> very richest will be able to afford their own home;

In teh UK it's driven by population pressure, which has increased from 50 to
65 million in the last 50 years.

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Tim

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