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Blue_Morpho@lemmy.world 4 days agoNot owning a house is slavery? What country today or ever in history had guaranteed home ownership?
Ideally, land should not be owned. Land is kept from pure ownership in progressive states through property taxes. You are in effect only renting the land from the state but keep the right to not be removed and the right to sell it.
Pudutr0n@feddit.cl 3 days ago
I was actually referring to the freedom to be a vagabond, hermit, or whatever style of nomadic life you prefer.
What I’m implying is not having a registered legal residence does not allow you to claim some of your rights as a citizen in many countries. You can’t get a driver’s license, passport, etc in the USA. Here in Chile I’m pretty sure you can’t even pay taxes.
Blue_Morpho@lemmy.world 3 days ago
I’m not sure how that relates to slavery. Freedom to be a vagabond still requires income from work.
Pudutr0n@feddit.cl 3 days ago
I’m not choosing anything. I just think it would be nice to be able to choose more things without getting locked up in a cage.
Blue_Morpho@lemmy.world 3 days ago
I don’t know about Chile but in the US you only need a PO box. I suspect Chile is the same because there’s probably a middle upper class that travels in mobile home/boats in retirement like in the US.
Requiring a way for society to communicate with an individual isn’t slavery.