Sunday, 23 May 2010

Land ownership is not moral if we own an excess

It's not logical to own something that cannot be made. It can be possible to pay others to stay away from our land, and if they violate this arrangement we are entitled to complain. We can pay the State to make sure that people stay away from our land and the State must pay those who have no land. If we have no land we are owed a payment for staying off the land, if someone owns an excess.

To eject someone from an excess of land is aggressive, if we have not paid others to stay away, if we have not rented the land. To own an excess of land is aggressive since there is no need to own so much land. We should own no more than we need. If some people own too much land (and prevent crop growth) the rest of the population will starve. To prosecute a trespasser in that situation is not defensive.

It is not defensive to defend the privileged minority.

A pertaining system of property rights which results in starvation for many people is not moral. It is immoral for some people to own an excess of land.

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