This was brought up in another thread, and I soon discovered that it's rant potential required a thread of it's own.
"Where I live, if I can't store the trailer in my garage, I can't have it here (damn HOAs)" -mtnbkr
Everywhere around town, the ONLY "homes" being built are these centrally planned, controlled, so called "planned" (read:communist patterned) communities. Most share a wall with their dumbass neighbor and "yards" are the size of postage stamps. People move in and then complain about the consequences of communist principles. Are americans just easily influenced, or do they want to be "taken care of" SOOO much, that they actually think a "Homeowners Association" will be a luxury, or are men mere lapdogs for their wives, or all of the above? They are always stunned by the lists of restrictions the longer they live there.
When this cancer first appeared around here, most ignored it because only certain vein yuppies and old people wanted anything to do with this tract, er, I mean, trash housing that all looks the same (and you have to get permission to do anything but LOOK at the exterior). Now, like a strain of asian respiratory virus, they're everywhere. What's amazing, is that serious construction problems appear in a significant percentage of these "planned" communities. It's a form of poetic justice to these people for enriching these builders who have simply found another way to dupe Americans into thinking they're getting "luxury" and "convenience" when in fact they're being controlled and managed.
There is no way that americans (who used to value their privacy and liberty) of a few generations ago would have A. put up with this abomination, or B. believed how utterly dependent upon third parties their children would become.
In typical deceptive fashion in the vein of the falsely named "federal reserve," these "communities" always have a so called "homeowner's association." More proof that americans will fall for a feel good title every time. The term homeowner's assoc. is broad enough in meaning to drive an 18 wheeler through that is pulling a ferris wheel. Of course, what that entity actually is, is a contractually created control system, and not at all like the benign sounding "homeowner's assoc." They put the term homeOWNER into it to hide the fact that once has actually signed away, THROUGH CONTRACT any and all actual ownership (assuming we still speak english in this country, since words nowadays tend to have incorrect and rather fluid "meanings" to people).
Just like communism, these "planned communities" were designed for the actual benefit of a very few (in this case the builder who gets to pack people in like sardines while convincing them they are actually living in luxury). Since plank #s 1, 4, and 9 of the communist manifesto have been around for some time, no one can say they weren't warned. Plank #1 is "abolition of private property" (in this case via contract, but the effect is still essentially the same). Plank #4 is "confiscation of property of all emigrants and rebels" (again, in this case, it's through contract, where if you displease the HOA gods, or enough neighbors, you are forced to relocate at great expense. BTW, it's always interesting how communism always retains the use of forced relocation as a tool for compliance). Plank # 9 is "regional planning" (planned developments, which by the way always involve some government manipulation, are very obvious examples of corporate/government regional planning).
Also, just like communism, the masses are duped into accepting planned developments with promises of "predictability" (everyone's lawn WILL be mowed and grounds WILL be kept up to pre decided "community standards"), "consistency" (everything looks the same), and life will generally be easier (because you will be spared the extreme hardship of deciding what to paint your exterior, or having to push a mower).
Who was it that said that Americans would be slowly taught to accept principles of communism, thus negating the need for military conflict with the west?
