
Ben Price reveals that our constitution and legal system were intentionally designed to give more rights to the wealthy propertied class than the rest of us, and exposes how this hamstrings our ability to effectively address a host of pressing social and environmental problems – and what we can do about it. Many of todays most serious issues – homelessness, gun violence, fracking, prison privatization, predatory lending, and many more – resist resolution because the rights of property undermine the rights of people. Issues that undeniably affect whole communities are determined by the courts to relate primarily to property, contracts, and corporations, and are removed from the public sphere and immunized from public governance.
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