Dinner Menu:
- Côte de boeuf de Galice
- Purée de pomme de terre
- Purée de céleri et navet
- Salade verte
- Tarte aux abricots
- Côte de Bordeaux
In pursuit of my ambition to become a slumlord I signed the promesse de vente (the preliminary contract before completion) on my first property today. There was a minor issue because the property is designated as a "commercial workshop" which means that I might not be able to rent it out as student accommodation. I think this has been resolved but it does raise the question of why a property should need to be designated in the first place. Does the state really need to get involved in deciding whether a property should be an apartment, a workshop, an office or a shop ? Why can't the owner or occupier decide what use he or she wants to make of the space ? I understand that anarchy is complicated and may require some more thought before being implemented but it seems to me that our societies are becoming overly complex. There are over 12,000 laws and 140,000 decrees in France at present. And yet there is a French saying that nul n'est censé ignorer la loi (no one can plead ignorance of the law). That doesn't seem realistic to me. Maybe we should have a manageable number of laws (120 ?) and any new law would have to replace an existing law.
Regimenting space and what it is used for is one of the main prongs of state control over its territory. It's called state space, but luckily there are gaps in the map. See my essay on state space, I'll send it to you if you're interested.
ReplyDeleteAlso, the whole point about anarchism is that it isn't 'implemented'. Read some books by graeber. Or ... See my masters thesis !