On Sep 25, 2008, at 10:58 AM, Doug Henwood wrote:
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> On Sep 24, 2008, at 5:01 PM, Julio Huato wrote:
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>> I may not have a good understanding of the social or political
>> toxicity of home ownership fetishism. But when I talk about home
>> ownership, I'm not arguing in favor of McMansions, each with an
>> Olympic size swimming pool and a 10 acre backyard to keep the
>> neighbors out of sight. I'm talking about people at the bottom of
>> society.
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> I'm not talking about McMansions, or real mansions either. I'm
> talking about how American society has, for many decades, treated
> owning a house as one's prime material goal in life. Sometimes
> buying a house makes economic sense; in some circs, it can be
> cheaper than renting. That's a rational calculation. But that's not
> always the case.
Well, abhorrence of landlords may sometimes be an "irrational" motivation but its never an unsympathetic one.
Shane Mage
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Herakleitos of Ephesos