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> ("ownership", as much as any human can claim that a piece of the earth belongs to them and them alone) They can claim it as long as they can defend it, and h
by Domenic_S 12y ago
> ("ownership", as much as any human can claim that a piece of the earth belongs to them and them alone)
They can claim it as long as they can defend it, and historically that defense has been by force. It should make you feel better that (by and large) we don't need to kill each other in order to reserve a spot to sleep.
- threatofrain 12y agoSomeone might argue that your capacity to compete peacefully was hard-won by government or elites dominating the use of force. In other words, you don't have to fight because a bigger entity already won for you. But should that entity fall weak to an external force, I think we'll see that many rights are built on a foundation of power, rather than a peaceful morality.