In an interview published Monday at NY Mag, New York Mayor Bill de Blasio went full Communist, arguing against private property rights while saying the state should decide who gets to live in what buildings.
“What’s been hardest is the way our legal system is structured to favor private property,” de Blasio said. “I think people all over this city, of every background, would like to have the city government be able to determine which building goes where, how high it will be, who gets to live in it, what the rent will be.”
Wait a second — de Blasio thinks residents of New York want the city to decide who gets to live in what buildings? No wonder we like to refer to him as “Comrade” de Blasio. But there’s more.
BILL DE BLASIO COMES OUT AGAINST PRIVATE PROPERTY
“I think there’s a socialistic impulse, which I hear every day, in every kind of community, that they would like things to be planned in accordance to their needs,” he added, apparently drawing from the Communist maxim of “from each according to his ability, to each according to his need.”
He then admitted his desire for central planning: “And I would, too. Unfortunately, what stands in the way of that is hundreds of years of history that have elevated property rights and wealth to the point that that’s the reality that calls the tune on a lot of development.”
“Mayor de Blasio has long been anti-capitalism,” America Rising added. “With his latest incendiary comments to New York Magazine, it’s clear he’s serious about challenging Bernie Sanders in 2020 for the title of most out-of-touch leftist running for president.”
“This is today’s Democrat Party,” Jim Hoft said at the Gateway Pundit. “Open Communism.”
http://www.thegatewaypundit.com/2017/09/bill-de-blasio-goes-full-commie-argues-private-property-rights/
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>>175443
>“What’s been hardest is the way our legal system is structured to favor private property,” de Blasio said. “I think people all over this city, of every background, would like to have the city government be able to determine which building goes where, how high it will be, who gets to live in it, what the rent will be.”
Don't we already do all of these things?
In virtually every city?
I think it's a fair point to make that an optimal society is going to balance free market with sensible regulation so that people don't fear suddenly being kicked out of their apartment overnight because a wealthy foreigner decides to pushase a building or get priced out of rent before they've had a reasonable amount of time to find accommodations elsewhere.
>“I think there’s a socialistic impulse, which I hear every day, in every kind of community, that they would like things to be planned in accordance to their needs.
That is a true statement. You will find people with some socialistic impulses in every community in any given city, and l'd bet the large majority of the population has some socialistic impulses. Even if you don't think any government should exist, it's probably a true statement.
>>175443
>“Mayor de Blasio has long been anti-capitalism,”
Am I anti-pork because I don't eat it for every meal? Am I anti-fitness because I don't spend all day at the gym? Anti-blue becausee I don't paint every room and every object in my room blue? Does anything other than no government intervention into the economy under any circumstances suggest I am anti-capitalist?
>>175487
>l'd bet the large majority of the population has some socialistic impulses
I bet thinking you're going to get a government issue park avenue pad for $800 a month is a pretty big incentive to have socialist impulses.