If you think you have not been brain washed (to some extent)..
you are wrong...
Some to a greater extent than others, true..
Example: if your paying taxes on something you OWN... (or don’t own)..
You are paying rent on it to the givernment that OWNS IT..
YET; think you own it.. when you don’t.. a delusion..
“YET; think you own it.. when you don’t.. a delusion..”
I have quite a bit of trouble getting people to understand that.
Maybe I don’t explain it well.
I have long understood that, the only good thing about property taxes is that it is much less expensive to rent real estate from the county than to rent it from a private owner who uses your rent to rent it from the county. In truth there is no real ownership of real estate, as you say it is an illusion. Passing real estate to descendants upon your death is really just handing down a very long term lease. That lease may last for generations as long as the rent is paid but if you ever stop paying it you find out who REALLY owns the real estate.