Property is theft!

[stringjack]

We're talking about "social knowledge," such knowledge is always "situated."

It is not easy to become sane.

[the_Observer]

But YOU are assuming that there is one objectively right answer for all people. Not true. The "ignorant" in your opinion are educated in others. You cannot set objective criteria for knowledge. Knowledge is individually and socially constructed - what you consider to be important someone else considers irrelevant and vice-versa.

Postmodern twaddle.

In ten years Sarah - office worker, married, part mortgage holder, with 2.5 kids- will smile knowingly at the latest batch of young girls tottering naively out of college, cluching their Arts/Social degrees, whining about socialism, feminism, jazz and modern art.

[sarahj]

Postmodern twaddle.

In ten years Sarah - office worker, married, part mortgage holder, with 2.5 kids- will smile knowingly at the latest batch of young girls tottering naively out of college, cluching their Arts/Social degrees, whining about socialism, feminism, jazz and modern art.

Yeah if you say so.

The fact that it's obvious and intuitive doesn't make a difference to you no?

You're just going to stick to your own old ideas coz you like them?

And I don't have an arts or social science degree - it's in finance, which is about as far away from "postmodern twaddle" as you can get.

[Cael]

It is not easy to become sane.

But don't stop trying, a chara.

[Speedfreak]

The element of property that involves theft is the land component.

Here's what could be done to mitigate against this:

(a) Property is priced at the cost of its build (excluding land)

(b) You pay a yearly tax on the land you assume possession of (calculated from size of plot, location, public services, amenities, gentrification etc.)

(c) Note that this is a land tax, not a property tax.

Here is the book that articulated this idea originally.

Progress and Poverty - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Here is a recent discussion of the idea from Tom Dunne, head of the construction economics school in DIT.

http://arrow.dit.ie/cgi/viewcontent....xt=beschrecart

Note that I think the objections he raises might be easily overcome through modern technologies such as GIS systems (developed from the records existing at the land registry office).

[Dios]

And I don't have an arts or social science degree - it's in finance, which is about as far away from "postmodern twaddle" as you can get.

Eh hold on a minute, you have previously stated you were qualified in health, back before you got banned. Which is it?

[Cato]

Eh hold on a minute, you have previously stated you were qualified in health, back before you got banned. Which is it?

I believe she said that it was in the 'Economics of health' and that it was the subject of her masters.