re: Shocking: Bill DeBlasio hates private property

yeah these beliefs are difficult to unpack in terms of wht the people actually believe

people like BDB are panderers to their base and i imagine they don't fully believe this shite but say it to appeal to voters

also, he probably does believe in regulating private property, but he believes in regulating the private property of others. i imagine he feels like he's not "rich" and he's fully capable of managing his own private property

private property is literally the foundation of Western society and democratic governments. private property is what eroded the power of monarchy and created the merchant middle class. this gave people outside of the aristocracy power to influence government and to protect their other rights. it also created the concept of the free working class, who now had the ability to develop their lives and economic interests and realize the fruits of their labor (as opposed to subsistence-level living granted to them by the feudal lords who owned the property)

other foundational concepts like voting and free speech matter, but they lose most of their power and meaning if the population is not allowed to own their own property. you can enact change and influence government with property and without speech/voting, however if you have full speech/voting power it is difficult to truly change anything if you don't own anything.