Can you buy a house/flat for 400k-500k plus and claim to be a socialist?

J

JustTheGent

Well-known member
Was out in the Dales this morning and did part of the route with a few others we got chatting to. One of them mentioned that they would soon be out of employment because their job requires them to relocate down South. They didn't want to do this because it would mean having to pay far in excess for a home that is morally acceptable. Participating in a broken capitalist housing market would go against their socialist principles and have an adverse outcome for wider society. They also feel they would be personally contributing to the North-South divide which wouldn't sit right.

Anyway, the stakes are pretty high as this person has financial commitments and a family to support. They are going to look to set something up locally in their line of work, but in the meantime are going to try and get a delivery job as a stopgap.

Got to say, it was quite refreshing to listen to as the majority of people would no doubt sell themselves to the highest bidder. I guess this country would be a much better place if there were more people that had such strong principles.
 
I turned down a 30k pay rise to re-locate to the South East a few weeks ago, don’t get me wrong the extra money would of been very useful although alot would be tied up in increased accommodation costs but it wouldn’t have been fair on the kids and wouldn’t really suit our lifestyles, money isn’t everything.
 
I live in the South, the house prices are insane. I am fortunate enough to work from home. I am part of the capitalist system, because I have to be in order to survive. I am a socialist though, more so the last 10 years as my personal circumstances have changed.

I wish I'd never left the North though (not my choice). Financially, we were so well set and then moving South to buy the same house at twice the price crippled us.

Wife is happy though :rolleyes:
 
It is possible to be a good, caring person, generally speaking, without putting such a specific label on yourself.

I can’t really imagine calling myself a “socialist” any more than I could a fascist or a capitalist. You’re setting yourself up to be annihilated in virtually any debate you care to enter into. Money isn’t everything, and nor is identity.
 
JustTheGent said:
Was out in the Dales this morning and did part of the route with a few others we got chatting to. One of them mentioned that they would soon be out of employment because their job requires them to relocate down South. They didn't want to do this because it would mean having to pay far in excess for a home that is morally acceptable. Participating in a broken capitalist housing market would go against their socialist principles and have an adverse outcome for wider society. They also feel they would be personally contributing to the North-South divide which wouldn't sit right.

Anyway, the stakes are pretty high as this person has financial commitments and a family to support. They are going to look to set something up locally in their line of work, but in the meantime are going to try and get a delivery job as a stopgap.

Got to say, it was quite refreshing to listen to as the majority of people would no doubt sell themselves to the highest bidder. I guess this country would be a much better place if there were more people that had such strong principles.
Click to expand...
How can you own possessions if you’re a socialist, how can you work and be paid money if you believe in socialist values? Do socialist give away their wages apart from the bare minimum they need to survive? I’m pretty sure you can live in a £500k house and still want a publicly owned railway.
 
BaronSmoggie said:
I live in the South, the house prices are insane. I am fortunate enough to work from home. I am part of the capitalist system, because I have to be in order to survive. I am a socialist though, more so the last 10 years as my personal circumstances have changed.

I wish I'd never left the North though (not my choice). Financially, we were so well set and then moving South to buy the same house at twice the price crippled us.

Wife is happy though :rolleyes:
Click to expand...
You'd have a major problem living in the UK and Ireland not being part of the capitalist system to be fair.
 
£500k will only get you a small property in most of London - Labour is the biggest party in London and possibly 55%? Londoners who their own property - my guess is that there will be many Labour voting property owners in London.

Of course many Labour voters may not call themselves socialist - say 50%

Tony Blair for example was not a socialist- was he?
 
The question doesn't really make sense because it's just relative. Incomes and costs are higher in places like London than they are on Teesside but involved and costs are higher in Teesside than they are in thousands of towns around the world.
 
NorthumberlandBoro said:
Any of the regular posters who own property in the SE care to respond?
Click to expand...

"Can you buy a house/flat for 400k-500k plus and claim to be a socialist?"

Of course you can. Do you want boro players to play according to the offside/handball/fouling laws as they actually are or as they'd prefer them to be? If you played a game of snooker with Tiger Woods, would you be happy for him to climb up on the table with his putter or insist he use a cue?

It's perfectly reasonable to believe the country would be a better place to live with a socialised economy, but simultaneously recognise that's not likely to happen any time soon and behaving accordingly.
 
Last edited:
Redwurzel said:
£500k will only get you a small property in most of London - Labour is the biggest party in London and possibly 55%? Londoners who their own property - my guess is that there will be many Labour voting property owners in London.

Of course many Labour voters may not call themselves socialist - say 50%

Tony Blair for example was not a socialist- was he?
Click to expand...
No he’s a monster, and currently a marketing agent for the WEF
 
You must log in or register to reply here.
Back
Top