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"property is the enemy of freedom. It is property, the ability to control productive assets at a distance, the ability to ‘own’ something being put to productiv
by lupin_sansei 17y ago
"property is the enemy of freedom. It is property, the ability to control productive assets at a distance, the ability to ‘own’ something being put to productive use by another person that makes possible the subjugation of individuals and communities."
Sure. That's why the USSR, China, North Korea, Cuba and all places that restricted property ownerships are so well known for their freedoms.
How can a sane person not think twice for a second about that statement?
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- tricknik 17y agoUSSR, China etc have very strong property rights, property was very strickly enforced.
- tricknik 17y agoActually, what sane person reads the sentance "The ability to control productive assets at a distance, the ability to ‘own’ something being put to productive use by another person that makes possible the subjugation of individuals and communities" without seeing how well this applies to the USSR, China, etc. Property is still just as much property when it is owned by the State, the King or The Corporation. It is important to understand the distinction between property and possesion. Proudhon: "I prove that those who do not possess to-day are proprietors by the same title as those who do possess; but, instead of inferring therefrom that property should be shared by all, I demand, in the name of general security, its entire abolition."