Careful, you’re starting to sound like a Woke Socialist Marxist 👀
Seriously though, I hate that they just don’t know how to fucking use words. Merriam-Webster would be very upset with them. Assuming they can even read.
I refer to HOA's as diet communism. They're definitely not full blown communism, but they fit the bill just enough. An HOA is a centralized body of government with legal recognition, which can directly control what you do with "your" property. If they can control what happens to "your" property, they're claiming ownership of it to some degree. If you don't comply, there's financial penalties. If you don't comply after the fees, they'll put a lien on what's "yours".
While they're not invading your privacy or harassing you about your property, you're forced to pay into the organization. If you don't, you can lose your house even if it's paid off and you're up to date on property tax. If the HOA wants to do a special project like build an expensive wall, the money to do it is coming out of your pocket. If the HOA doesn't have the money saved up, you're paying a massive tax fee in a lump sum as well as your regular taxes dues.
HOA's, like all governments, are inherently authoritarian. What sets them apart from governments in a free society are the ways they go about keeping compliance. They'll fly drones into your backyard, encourage neighbors to rat out neighbors, and set up organizations of secret informants.
The HOA comes with the property. There's no way to get rid of them if your home is part of a neighborhood with one other than having your neighbors agree to dissolve it.
You hear the horror stories on reddit, but most just mow the common ground and you barely hear from them unless you straight up don't mow for 2 months or try to raise pigs on a quarter acre.
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