We have no right to own an excess of land

We make a property claim when we seek to remove other people from an area of land, or buildings, which they desire (to have) access to. If we make a false property claim this is seen as an act of aggression, as in the case of assault, or trespass. When we utilise natural resources we prevent others from doing so and we can assume they would prefer that we desist. If we agree to respect the property rights of other people, then it is reasonable that we, ourselves, enjoy the same advantage by being able to have exclusive access to some land. It provides the greatest utility if resources are shared roughly equally and so it is preferable for people to be able to claim their own property, by rejecting the property claims of others.

We not only have a right to claim our own property, but to question the claims of other people.

We should be allowed to own land only if it is not too much for our reasonable demands, as measured in relation to the needs of the rest of the population. The Government is defending the interests of the rich alone if it enables such an inequality of land ownership to continue. It is reasonable to defend only a limited amount of land and we have no right to own an excess of land.