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We had. Then the anthill fell on the side, standard oil got busted with many others, turns out we had not in times of crisis, then we had, than we had a war, be

We had. Then the anthill fell on the side, standard oil got busted with many others, turns out we had not in times of crisis, then we had, than we had a war, beef with communism ,which got unions negotiation powers, so we had not. Than communism failed, history ended and we thought we could keep the masses placated with bread and netflix. Rights are as strong as society was stable. Now we have a dictatorship to protect property rights,which is the equivalent of forbidding physics tought to prevent rain. So now we have and the havenots aint having it. Ps: Which sort of private property are we talking about? Vital resources to organize societal complexity? Or useless economic blubber? Stability is not a property of a single element of a system but of the whole thing.And it cant be propped up by dams.

atonse 2y ago
I don't fully understand your response, sorry. Property I'm talking about means your ownership of physical objects, or virtual equivalents (ownership of a legal entity like a private company or your shares in a public company). Any conversation I've ever had about those things with lawyers, usually talking about estate planning etc, has been something along the lines that it has the same protections as physical property that you own. Nobody can just take it from you (eminent domain being the exception for physical property, but has a high bar). When Ma Bell was broken up (not sure about Standard Oil), I assure you that the shareholders would've gotten the shares transferred to the new smaller bells. So what is the precedent for the idea of taking Wordpress away from its legal owner? I'm asking a legal question, not taking sides in this. For the record, Mullenweg seems absolutely unhinged. But we've seen things like forks happen, but nobody can take Wordpress itself away from Matt against his will. It's not a publicly owned company where we could potentially be fired by the board.

atonse 2y ago

I don't fully understand your response, sorry. Property I'm talking about means your ownership of physical objects, or virtual equivalents (ownership of a legal entity like a private company or your shares in a public company). Any conversation I've ever had about those things with lawyers, usually talking about estate planning etc, has been something along the lines that it has the same protections as physical property that you own. Nobody can just take it from you (eminent domain being the exception for physical property, but has a high bar). When Ma Bell was broken up (not sure about Standard Oil), I assure you that the shareholders would've gotten the shares transferred to the new smaller bells. So what is the precedent for the idea of taking Wordpress away from its legal owner? I'm asking a legal question, not taking sides in this. For the record, Mullenweg seems absolutely unhinged. But we've seen things like forks happen, but nobody can take Wordpress itself away from Matt against his will. It's not a publicly owned company where we could potentially be fired by the board.