Freedom of assembly. If my neighbors and I buy stuff, put it in a box and then buy and create rules around how its benefits and costs are divided, and I sell my share in the box, that should be fine.
It's like "buying" digital movies. The button says Purchase but you/Amazon still get to dictate terms long after the sale.
They bought the box with the rules attached. Property is a packet of rights and obligations.
Should the town be allowed, ex post facto, to decide you’re no longer getting police and fire protection because they control those resources?
> I just paid hundreds of thousands of dollars to have my name put on someone else's contract without being able to negotiate any terms
Plenty of people negotiate HOA riders in buyers’ markets.
> like "buying" digital movies
Someone buying a house like they buy movies is always going wind up with the short end of the stick.
I’ll do whatever I can to wage war against the median HOA owner. They are the scum of society and deserve every bad thing that happens to them.