tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5060417.post4310846349706414967..comments2023-11-05T06:18:25.377-06:00Comments on The Privatopia Papers: Death by Foreclosure | Occupy AmericaEvan McKenziehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04479661304143631524noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5060417.post-43062455185776134892012-05-29T06:30:06.967-05:002012-05-29T06:30:06.967-05:00"wonderful manifestations of the free-market&..."wonderful manifestations of the free-market" <br /><br />Awe, Baloney. Want to buy some swampland. <br /><br />PCB's were a "wonderful manifestation". Contaminated landfills were great when all the contaminating was going on. Not so wonderful when the adverse effects come though.<br /><br />Any corporation masquerading as government flexing muscle that requires surrender of constitutional rights should be subject to strict government oversight and regulation. Full and complete disclosure of all conflicts wouldn't be a bad idea before the slob "signs the paper" wouldn't hurt either. In some areas a diminishing choice drives folks where they don't really want to belong perhaps. <br /><br />"wonderful manifestations of the free-markets" that cracks me up.Intruder2uhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13265428034787417272noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5060417.post-41578574282963828282012-05-27T12:39:57.697-05:002012-05-27T12:39:57.697-05:00> Homeowner and condominium associations probab...> Homeowner and condominium associations probably should <br />> be seen as part of this trend toward dehumanized social <br />> functions. We have replaced informal neighbor relationships <br />> and public local governments with a corporate institution that <br />> tends to be intrusive, expensive, impersonal, and often <br />> incredibly frustrating. <br /><br />Wrong. HOAs should be seen as the wonderful manifestations of the free-market that they are. <br /><br />As the folks at the Independence Institute -- "Colorado's Free Market Think Tank" -- put it:<br /><br />"<a href="http://old.i2i.org/main/article.php?article_id=1702" rel="nofollow">Since HOAs are very local and small, participants are often neighbors and hence have incentive to settle disagreements in a civil manner.</a>"<br /><br />And what's with making a "corporate institution" sound like a bad thing? If you don't realize that corporations are benevolent engines of innovation and job-creation, perhaps you should report to <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OAOrT0OcHh0" rel="nofollow">Bill Whittle's re-eduction program</a> for a proper attitude adjustment.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com