Apushatayid and Funnybone, I thought that expressing disapproval of other people’s actions is the purpose of the CR. As for tzarut ayin, would you say that the Chatam Sofer had that characteristic? I still have not found the exact location of the teshuva but I did find that The Shela Hakadosh, writes (at the end of Masechet Sukkah): “I willThe Shela Hakadosh, writes (at the end of Masechet Sukkah) “The Shela Hakadosh, writes (at the end of Masechet Sukkah): “I will
disclose something that has always troubled me greatly. I have seen Jews building homes like the fortresses of princes, making themselves permanent, these worldly dwellings in impure lands. (I have observed that) it is their intention to leave these homes as an inheritance to their children after them! This appears to be, Gd forbid, an abandonment of the idea of geula. Therefore, even if Gd gives you wealth, build simple houses, to accommodate your bare worldly dwellings in impure lands.”
The Keli Yakar, as well, says on Bereishis 47: “Many are the ignorant Jews who settle in the lands of other nations. They build themselves splendid, secure houses – homes built of stone, buildings meant to
endure. For this reason, they never turn to Hashem with all their hearts to ask that He return them to their Land. Therefore, the Almighty leaves them there.”
Anyway, I’m the conservative Republican who believes in property rights. Democrats like AOC would take away CTL’s house and give it to seventeen illegal immigrant families.