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. (council laws against building on
various land spaces, inability to build highrises, etc), while
greenways, agricultural conversion laws, etc certainly have their good
points, they also come at a cost of high house prices, and inability to
house the extra population. Note that this is NOT because of lawas
against private property. It may be cause of laws in favour of private
property-- do not do anything to decrease the value of property.
>

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