The mass of people, armed with rifles and leading a guillotine, will vote democratically for the first time in their lives. They will bring righteous flames to the bourgeoisie and chase the parasites from Berlin. The Rhineland floods will mean nothing compared to the river of blood that will flow down the streets that are no stranger to tragedy, but never one of the scale about to unfold. We the Financial Times demand justice, the justice of rat men eating their way through the sewers and toilets and bodies of their oppressors to claw the stolen jewels off their goddamn throats.
Idk I think they have a balanced take on the issue for a market-oriented newspaper.
edit: https://archive.is/4i9au Non-paywall link from Coolkidbozzy. Upvote them, call me a worm and spit on my chest.
The expropriation initiative is based on Article 15 of the German constitution, which says “land, natural resources, and means of production” can be reclaimed for public ownership, in exchange for compensation; it has never before been tested in practice.
Anyone know the history of how that article made it into the German constitution? I'm getting GDR vibes from it.
:GDR-emblem:
Deutsche Wohnen [Berlin's largest landlord] said the initiative was counterproductive: “Funds and resources would be tied up for decades in compensation payments and thus lost to the construction of urgently needed housing.” Its rental prices respect city regulations and 82 per cent of tenants it surveyed are satisfied, it said.
Deutsche Wohnen with the self own. They make a good point, why compensate when we should just take it lol
Virgin Landlord: "It would take weeks or months for me to get payed!!"
Chad renters: "Hm good point, well then we will just seize it"
I'd really like to move there, but I'm an American without a higher education degree :sadness: :sadness: :sadness:
Anyone have the actual txt? or a way to get past the paywall?
https://archive.is/4i9au Real comrade Coolkidbozzy linked that. For some reason the paywall didn't trigger for me when I read the article so I didn't realise there was one.
