RE: Libertarian left and right
December 22, 2011 at 11:50 am
(This post was last modified: December 22, 2011 at 11:55 am by The Grand Nudger.)
(December 18, 2011 at 12:40 pm)reverendjeremiah Wrote: You dont REALLY own those fields. that piece of paper called a deed doesnt mean shit, especially if some huge corporation eyeballs your property with ambition.
It aint the paper, it's the rifle that says I own it, more specifically the guy with his finger on the trigger, which would be me....
The paper is just pretense of conforming to established traditions and authority. It would be so much better if one could just lay claim to unoccupied land, in my opinion. Besides, it isn't really the land that I want, but what I can produce with it. If someone could show me a way to share the surface area I need without preventing me from reaching my goal of tasty food for pennies on the dollar I'd gladly help him build his dream over or under or around my own. I seem to recall you mentioning that people should own the means of production (perhaps I'm confusing you with someone else, if so my bad), well, land is a means of production, shouldn't the people who produce on it own it?
Land is an attempt at assurance of continuity for me and mine and all of those who would become mine down through time. In that regard land ownership and stewardship is pretty much a religious conviction for me. I've heard all the arguments against it and I agree with most of them, and yet still I desire it, and would do just about anything to secure larger and larger pieces of it.
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