um...so do the townspeople collectively own the entire town? including each other's lots? because if a lot is private property, nothing prevents me from selli

um...so do the townspeople collectively own the entire town? including each other's lots? because if a lot is private property, nothing prevents me from selling my lot to a condo builder. I think that you could have a system like the one you describe be just, simply have people own shares in the town. voting stock is a much better system than universal suffrage.