On 27 Mar 2021 at 21:28:52 GMT, William Unruh  wrote:

> On 2021-03-27, TimS  wrote:
>>  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.
>
> Almost certainly because of highly restrictive housing construction
> laws. Building 100000 additional houses a year should not be difficult,
> unless there is nowhere to build them.

Which is largely the case.

--
Tim

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