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Property is theft. -- P.J. Proudhon
Property is liberty. -- P.J. Proudhon
Property is impossible. -- P.J. Proudhon
Consistency is the hobgoblin of small minds. -- Ralph Waldo
Emerson
That last one gets me every time!
So what is property?
To what extent do you control what you own, and to what extent does it control you? You control what your home looks like, but to move it, is difficult. If you're in a mobile home, moving may be easy, but not free, and changing the layout is difficult.
Look at your car. You own it, but you're at the mercy of so many rules regarding where and how fast you can drive it, and you need permission to use it.
Look at your TV, do you own it? or is it the other way around?
Every possession is controlled by others in some way, so if the possessor is the controller, how many of your possessions own you?
The land your home is built on is owned by the government. You have a freehold licence to build and live there, but that land, ultimately, was stolen from someone. This is most evidently true in the US, but even in the UK, the land was stolen by robber barons who then turned the country into a monarchy.
People died for the land we walk on, and lost it so that we can live under the illusion that we own it.
What do you think?
Property is liberty. -- P.J. Proudhon
Property is impossible. -- P.J. Proudhon
Consistency is the hobgoblin of small minds. -- Ralph Waldo
Emerson
That last one gets me every time!
So what is property?
To what extent do you control what you own, and to what extent does it control you? You control what your home looks like, but to move it, is difficult. If you're in a mobile home, moving may be easy, but not free, and changing the layout is difficult.
Look at your car. You own it, but you're at the mercy of so many rules regarding where and how fast you can drive it, and you need permission to use it.
Look at your TV, do you own it? or is it the other way around?
Every possession is controlled by others in some way, so if the possessor is the controller, how many of your possessions own you?
The land your home is built on is owned by the government. You have a freehold licence to build and live there, but that land, ultimately, was stolen from someone. This is most evidently true in the US, but even in the UK, the land was stolen by robber barons who then turned the country into a monarchy.
People died for the land we walk on, and lost it so that we can live under the illusion that we own it.
What do you think?