blake murphy > wrote in
:

>>You know the saying: If it can be fixed with money, then it's not
>>really a problem.
>
> it ****ing well is if you don't have the money.

The basic problem is that society generally sets a monetary value on goods
and services and requires ownership as a badge of belonging. With all
lands in some form of ownership (state or private), people can no longer
just go out into the woods and survive on their own without referring to
others unless they play into the game to start, ie buy or lease land.
Without the resources to do that, they are stuck in urban areas in order to
obtain services they are told they need.

I guess the fundamental of liberalism which were instilled in the anglo-
Saxon world (self-reliance, individualism, Star Trek) re no longer valid,
but they are still being used as reasons to deny basic services, as if
there actually was a choice. For most, there is not.