Jeremiah

No Marxist ideologue would admit that a one-time redistribution was the only necessary Marxist policy.

Nor would a capitalist ideologue initiate even a one-time redistribution or admit that the benefits of such a program would outweigh its moral hazards.

So recreating the Ethiopian miracle would be a tall order.

But dammit, I wish we could try it here.

I really believe that if everyone had an affordable place to live where they didn't have to worry about getting evicted for purely financial reasons, this security would enable them to be more effective in our capitalist system.

Didn't we do something like this more than once in American history?

When the feds issued sweeping amnesties for squatters and public land?

This security is oblique to the question of ownership versus renting, and it deserves much more consideration.

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Scott writes, I realise this is almost totally unrelated to boomers, but I'm signal boosting it anyway to make sure Richard Hanania sees it, since it supports my side of an email argument we had a few weeks ago.

Specifics writes, quote,

Scott writes,

7.

Updates slash conclusions.

The most important thing I got from these interactions was learning about the proposal to keep property taxes high, but delay them until death or sale of property.

This relieves some of my tension around Prop 13 and related issues.

But Darwin's comment, and a few others along the same lines, also made me worry that I'm trying to exonerate boomers through some maneuver like, well, their actions were just the inevitable product of the social or cultural or economic stresses they were under.

Even if this is true, it's probably true of everyone, including slave owners and Nazis.

Welcome to the Astral Codex X podcast for the 2nd of January, 2026.

Title, You have only X years to escape permanent moon ownership.