Sunday, 30 May 2010

Mediation is the best way to solve land disputes between informal agencies

The way to settle land disputes is through mediation. If people disagree about land ownership they can rely on third parties to provide mediation. This may be provided by more than one agency so a second opinion can be sought. Someone who has been refused (unsupported) a land claim by more than a couple of agencies will soon start to question their attitude.

Certain (some) land mediation agencies will gain ascendancy and a reputation and these will generally provide legitimacy for all land claims going forward.

Thursday, 27 May 2010

Without a coercive State the land would be distributed more evenly

The presence of a coercive Government means that the costs of protecting a piece of land are no different, regardless of the size. In a free market situation there would be natural costs to owning too great a piece of land because to protect it would be costly, there is a natural disincentive against being too greedy, with respect to land. The State removes this disincentive against being greedy over land ownership. Without the State, people would be less inclined to hoard an excessive quantity of land.

Wednesday, 26 May 2010

Without the use of force land inequality will continue

We cannot end a land monopoly without being aggressive. We must use force and initiate force, if we wish to end an onerous monopolisation. If people will not end a monopoly willingly, the only other way is with the use of threats to engage in violence.

A good Government would tax property and land

A land tax would be a good idea because it would disincentivise people against occupying an excess of land. This is a good thing because it makes more land available for everyone else to use. A good Government would replace transaction taxes with a property tax. A good Government would place a tax on land.

We will not be a good citizen if we have no land

If people do not have sufficient resources they will cease to be civilised. There is no system of law which will survive an environment within which there are insufficient resources. If there are insufficient resources, there is no law and equivalently, if there is a group within Society which has not enough land then they too will have little respect for the law. The sanctity of the law is reliant on everyone having a sufficiency of resources. If we don't have enough resources we will become lawless.

Monday, 24 May 2010

A good Government would make sure everyone has land of their own

If the Government were a selfless entity, they would make sure that everyone had their own piece of land. It would be nice if everyone were given their own land, since there is a sufficiency of land. Since there is enough land we should each be given a piece of land.

Slavery comes from a failure to limit property acquisition

We should limit property acquisition so that we all have a chance to live independently. Failure to limit property acquisition will make some people the slaves of the rest.