Thursday, 8 July 2010

Difficulties can result when people are hoarding an excess of land

If we are landless, and we want to eat then, practically speaking, we are a slave to those who have land. We must do whatever they want, as a group, because otherwise we will starve. Assuming we do not want to starve, then the landless are a slave class to the landed. The landless are owned by the landed. Being able to sell access to land takes no effort. Since this demonstrates the owner has an excess and land is a fundamental property then the ability to lease land reflects a deeper injustice.

If we lease property to improve already wealthy lives then there is not problem with this, but if we lease property, particularly land, to those who without it will starve, this represents an inequality. If people are prevented from hoarding an excess of land then this problem will not exist.

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