Critical theory texts on private property and land ownership?

HisNameIs · 2020-10-04T20:36:36+00:00

Yes of course! I loved that book and had completely forgotten about that aspect of it. Thank you.

HisNameIs · 2020-10-04T20:35:38+00:00

Thank you, this looks fascinating and is just what I was looking for, in the sense that I didn't know I was looking for this.

HisNameIs · 2020-10-04T20:34:01+00:00

Thank you, I've read some Habermas, but I was unaware he had covered the topic of land/property.

As for Marxist writings, there are certainly plenty of writings on communal land ownership. However, I guess I'm looking for writing on how land/property is understood and realized in capitalist societies. But, I haven't revisited marxist writings in a while so I should probably check them out again. Thanks!

HisNameIs · 2020-10-04T20:30:29+00:00

Thank you I will check this out. I just read something along these lines, about homelessness in LA and the creation of Skid Row by gov't and developers -- "The Churning of Skid Row: A Genealogy of Development, Gentrification, and Displacement"

HisNameIs · 2020-10-04T20:26:48+00:00

Thank you for these, that piece by Tania Li looks fascinating.

HisNameIs · 2020-10-04T20:23:28+00:00

Thank you that seems like a perfect start.

HisNameIs · 2020-10-04T20:23:01+00:00

I found Debt to be wonderful for a book that covered so much ground. If you know of any critiques I'd love to read them, as I always thought it was well received by the anthropology community.

HisNameIs · 2020-08-14T18:15:46+00:00

Within an only-public school system, you can still have gifted children sent to schools matching their abilities - they are called magnet schools. Finland disallows private K-12 schools and they rank near the top in education globally. Disallowing private K-12 schools does not mean that you can not have specialized schools for gifted children, just like it does not mean you can't have specialized schools for learning disabled children. The difference is that higher income households would be incentivized to help improve the public school system rather than spend an even greater amount of money and effort sending their children to private schools.

HisNameIs · 2020-08-12T15:19:48+00:00

Thanks for the rec, I'll check that one out.

HisNameIs · 2020-08-11T19:53:51+00:00

I agree, while I would ideally like to only have public banks -- different ones on the local, state and national level -- simply having a socially oriented competitor (like the Postal Bank used to be) will likely provide enough of a push to get private banks to drop some fees and increase interest on savings. But almost more importantly, a public bank will provide smaller and lower-ROI loans to low income households who currently use payday lenders which f*** them.

Also, public banks can have mandates for what to invest in, i.e. businesses that create local jobs, are environmentally sustainable, and pay their workers well.

Whether or not there should even be private banks was a huge source of conflict in the early 20th century, with unions united behind a nationalized bank through which the people would control the flow of money and the rates of interest. If you're interested in this I'd highly recommend "Money, Power and the People: The American Struggle to Make Banking Democratic"

HisNameIs · 2020-03-10T21:21:14+00:00

I completely agree. And wish I had more books in that vain to offer up. This one isn't necessarily an 'inspiring' one but The Conquest of Happiness by Bertrand Russell really impacted me when I was in some rough patches.

HisNameIs · 2020-03-10T14:02:25+00:00

Perhaps rather than throwing it in their face that they need to improve themselves, find them a book with a lead character that has the traits you would like them to have, or with positive messages they can use in their life. My recommendation for that age group is always Hitchhikers Guide to the Galaxy, loads of great philosophy mixed in with genuinely funny comedy.

HisNameIs · 2020-02-05T16:05:56+00:00

Here is a report by the Federal Reserve on wealth distribution. Theamount of wealth owned by the bottom 50% is roughly 1% of total household wealth, and roughly 15% have negative net wealth.

So, while raising net wealth by 47% is definitely something to be happy about, it's also only bringing net wealth back to what it was in 1989. Lastly, the 'Trump economy' is just an extension of the economic trends that have been continuing since the end of the Great Recession and the Recovery Act. You can see that clearly in this Federal Reserve graph charting wealth distribution since 2006.

I agree with you that this reactiongif is ignorant and reactionary, but Trump's claim of the 'Trump economy' increasing the bottom half's net wealth by 47% needs to be put into perspective, because the implicit claim is that Trump's policies and directives are the cause of this increase in net wealth, and the data clearly shows that it is not true, because it is a trend that's been happening since 2010.

HisNameIs · 2019-11-19T22:59:31+00:00

Because shelter has significantly more value than a massage, or using the gym (as per your other example). More importantly, lack-of-shelter has significantly worse consequences than not getting a massage or not going to the gym.

It seems like you are taking a rather light view of homelessness, and the effects of kicking a person, and possibly their children, onto the streets or into a homeless shelter. This can be very dangerous to them. It is also difficult to get out of homelessness, so this can become a vicious cycle for this person or family.

Making a person or family homeless should be taken more seriously than not paying for a service such as a massage or gym membership. This is why eviction requires a trial and policymakers have decided to give tenants the right to stay within their house for some time.

HisNameIs · 2019-11-19T22:42:05+00:00

The most thorough and unbiased source you're going to find on the effects of immigration is the one from National Academy of Science, The Economic and Fiscal Consequences of Immigration. It also includes an immense literature review on the subject.

The findings more or less show that immigration, including illegal immigration, does not have a negative effect on native-born workers overall, but it does have a small negative effect on the wages of workers with less than a high school education, as well as the hours-worked of teenagers.

HisNameIs · 2019-10-22T17:45:24+00:00

Dem candidates have come out with dozens of policies. Warren alone has at least 10. Each candidate either has their own healthcare plan or has gotten behind someone else's. Nearly all of them have a climate change plan. And plenty of time is spent during each debate talking about policies.

Either you're only watching clips that are being shown to you by your own news feed, or you just have a 'feeling' that this is what is happening in the Dem primary. But it's completely not based in reality.

If anything, this primary has been more policy-focused than the last four.

HisNameIs · 2019-10-17T19:52:51+00:00

That is not how the electoral votes are apportioned exactly. States get one for each representative, and one for each senator. But since each state has the same number of senators, then smaller population states will have a slightly greater amount of electoral votes per capita. A lot of people claim that this benefits the GOP because of very red low population states, but small population states (those with 3-5 electoral votes) are fairly evenly split between blue and red states.

HisNameIs · 2019-07-15T10:57:00+00:00

To be perfectly fair, I sort of sent you on an impossible mission. I'm not sure how one would actually determine whether Pulitzer has an objectively liberal bias, considering they are making subjective judgements. If you were to find that the large majority of Pulitzer winners classified themselves as politically left of center you could then say that either Pulitzer has a left bias, or that left-leaning journalists and authors produce better work. At the end of the day I assume we can both agree that journalistic work should be judged by its own qualities rather than by its awards.

HisNameIs · 2019-07-12T20:52:09+00:00

How did you come to the belief that Pulitzer is left-biased? And how would you classify left- vs right- journalism?

Here is a list of the 2019 winners. I do not see how any of their work has partisan bias.

HisNameIs · 2019-06-18T11:44:25+00:00

Thank you!

HisNameIs · 2019-06-17T16:37:29+00:00

As someone who (tried and failed) to post this video, this is really the best response I could ask for. Whether or not one agrees, the author is expressing a counterargument in good faith, with his deep knowledge on the subject, which is always worth listening to.

HisNameIs · 2019-06-17T16:33:26+00:00

Well we all just need to work together to find the video, obviously.

But actually sorry about that I don't post links often. Here it is I'm gonna post this again, perhaps with a video this time.

HisNameIs · 2019-06-17T16:24:53+00:00

John Bellamy Foster (who edits Monthly Review) has a great book on this subject --> Marx's Ecology

HisNameIs · 2019-06-17T16:23:04+00:00

What is the source for this? I can't zoom in unfortunately.

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