(The Blaze) Teen Vogue published an op-ed declaring that no one should have the right to own real property, pushing for the abolishment of landlords while decrying the “cruelty of payment-based housing.”
Columnist Kandist Mallett warned that “an eviction crisis is coming” due to the heavy job losses resulting from the coronavirus pandemic, pointing to the toll on the U.S. as evidence of “the failures of capitalism.”
“The pandemic didn’t create this housing crisis, but it did further expose the cruelty of payment-based housing,” Mallett wrote, arguing further:
“Instead of seeing housing as a right and something that should not be commodified, the state enlists its own armed forces — sheriffs and police — to remove occupants from residences if they cannot pay rent. The lack of protections for non-landowners should be to no surprise from a country founded on the genocide and colonization of indigenous peoples.”
Mallet closed her piece by saying, “We need a housing movement based on a rejection of the construct that any one person should own this earth’s land.”
Teen Vogue promoted the op-ed on Twitter with an excerpt that reads, “While we’re working to abolish the police, we must also work to dismantle what the police were put here to protect: property.”
Teen Vogue publishes oped that says we should abolish private property rights…along with those pesky police.
— Dan Crenshaw (@DanCrenshawTX) August 7, 2020
Just wondering if anyone sees any issues with our next generation reading Marxist propaganda in popular teen magazines…? https://t.co/yWyPLq937x
The post caught the attention of Rep. Dan Crenshaw (R-Texas), who replied, “Teen Vogue publishes oped that says we should abolish private property rights…along with those pesky police. Just wondering if anyone sees any issue with our next generation reading Marxist propaganda in popular teen magazines…?”
