AM I A PROPERTY PROTECTIONIST? 1/2

As a libertarian I support the free market. I'm also a student aspiring to be a property owner and the ideas of foreign investment preventing first time buyers getting onto the property ladder concerns me. The property-owning democracy has so many benefits and solves issues arising if the welfare state was abolished. Property according to Locke is a natural right; surely it is fundamental that we encourage property ownership, but would it follow as a consequence limiting foreign investment? By upholding, promoting and extending property rights, do we limit the free market?

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• libertarianism
• property
• protectionism
• free
• markets
• housing
• market
• ladder
• natural
• rights
• welfare
• state

[McGraffix]

Hey Dude, It's a good video and I'm glad you made it, but I want to give my criticism. Not a criticism of the video but of the "philosophy." It really seems like you just read the Cliff's Notes of Libertarianism, then decided to make a video about it. That's just how it comes across. I'm not trying to completely rip you or anything.

[Ukraider99]

It's an idiotic Position too hold

Tough Free Market Love for everyone else, but not for me I want my right to property. Protectionism will damage economy's and lead to Government failure.

[d0nn3rs]

I think the answer you are searching for is playing itself out at the moment.

[fion81]

You have to balance domestic interest of citizens with international free marketism. Property and the free market can at times run into contradiction. Power tends to conglemorate. Property needs to be available.

[donkmeister]

I've witnessed several factors that make it hard to get on the ladder. 1) many people are unwilling to make do with a small flat (I was willing) 2) so they exaggerate income to stretch for a bigger mortgage to get a house. 3) estate agents make more money on bigger sales so drive prices up where possible. 4) the next cycle will have to stretch further or stay renting. It sucks, but our economy is now influenced more by monkeys in estate agents' clothing than by the economists. What to do now?

[robhdg]

like your videos. the largest contributing factor to the house price increases are cheap money/easy credit backed up by weak monetary policy from the fed, b of e etc to artificially stimulate the economy. also, what you've sold in london you've bought in the iberian peninsula, florida, eastern europe, dubai and southern africa.

[blakethepacifist]

Great videos, its nice to find a true libertarian. Ive been watching several libertarians on youtube falling into populism and fascism. Keep it up!

[legendre007]

Fascinating video series!

YouTube told me that I wrote so many comments on Pt. 2 that it had to stop me from posting any more comments, even though I had more to say. So I sent you a YouTube e-mail message with the rest of my thoughts.

More videos, please! :-)