On 27/03/2021 21:42, TimS wrote:
> 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.
>
Well it is a case dictated by national planning policy, rather than
shortage of land area.

And the need for "100000 additional houses a years"  has been largely
dictated by immigration policy, which has been for years beyond the
remit of the UK government.
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