>I think we ended up with private property because the alternatives have been tried and they are worse (e.g. tragedy of the commons)
I don't thinl it is all or nothing. Private property is overall a very good idea and principle, and Piketty says that too. But when someone sees property it as inalienable right, at any level, is a problem.
For example, if one person talks about a tax based on wealth, two people can have a healthy disagreement, and discuss how to implement.
But when someone does not event want to consider it... because it would supposedly bring us back to communism dark ages, that is basic ideology in action, not rational thinking.
I don't thinl it is all or nothing. Private property is overall a very good idea and principle, and Piketty says that too. But when someone sees property it as inalienable right, at any level, is a problem.
For example, if one person talks about a tax based on wealth, two people can have a healthy disagreement, and discuss how to implement.
But when someone does not event want to consider it... because it would supposedly bring us back to communism dark ages, that is basic ideology in action, not rational thinking.