2023-07-28 03:01:00
Inequalities are not dissolved with the myth of individual inclusion in excluding systems, but with the radical transformation of systems of domination. We are already 8,000 million souls inhabiting this planet. If these 8,000 million merged into a single person, a deformed, monstrous, unequal body would emerge. We grow up well fed on some sides, and short, very short and hungry on others. It is the incomprehensible paradox of the scarcity of abundance.
How can it be that the macroeconomic data is so good, and the world is so thin. We should all agree to get fat, through an equitable distribution of wealth. But this would constitute an attack against the established order and against the dominant diet. In the haute cuisines of the world, where the true stew is cooked, they advise you that it is best to continue with the bones in sight, and not shake the brazier too much. They tell you that it’s okay to not understand the world if you can pretend you do.
Sometimes that world is turned upside down. In the city of Los Angeles, the rich have fled. The stampede has been dizzying. The Venice and Brentwood neighborhoods have been temporarily left empty. In March, at least 126 property transactions over five million dollars were closed. The reason for the shock is the so-called “mansions tax”, approved in a referendum last fall. A rate that taxes the sale of residences that exceed five million dollars with 4%. A special tax intended to address the urgent problem of the “homeless” in the Californian city. A minimum of $200,000 per unit diverted to the construction of social housing. Among the celebrities who decided to liquidate their homes to avoid the tax rate are NBA and Los Angeles Lakers star James LeBron, former soccer players David Beckham, Wayne Rooney, Gareth Bale, Ibrahimovic and Kevin Leerdman, current defender for Los Angeles FC , who before an esteemed microphone in silence expressed without regard: “The poor homeless that fuck.”
Hollywood stars Jennifer Lopez, Jim Carrey and Mark Wahlberg joined the frantic rout with their respective mansions. Between January and March, creativity penetrated the real estate market with force. Some owners chose to give away luxury cars such as McLaren, Aston Martin or Bentley, or design strong discounts in a limited time. Others opted to divide their parcels so that the value would not reach five million dollars, and a few went to law firms to sue the city for a tax they believe is unconstitutional. Various schemes were formulated to avoid the tax burden, which aims to add one more tool to reverse the condition of some 100,000 homeless people.
The House LA program from which the “mansion tax” is used is one of the most progressive in the US. Who was going to say it. In sunny California, excise taxes return to the richest. Californians have just approved it by popular referendum. It’s strange. They are not at all suspected of being “Bolivarian social-leftists.” Or maybe they are, and they don’t really know they are.
Journalist, former Vélez player, Spanish clubs and 1979 World Champion
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