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I am ashamed that I hadn’t reasoned this through given all the rubbish digital services have pulled with “purchases” being lies.

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[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 year ago (2 children)

Property is theft. Possession is alright.

You shouldn't be denied the stuff you actually use. But people definetly should not be allowed to hoard all the water in the world for themselves.

ASK YOURSELF how did they come to be in possesion of the land of the world?

at some point the entire planet was the commons. With WHAT right did they carve it up and claim it is theres for all eternety?

Just because you weren't born at the right time you should be denied the use of the world as everybody else? first come first serve basis? how when it isnt yours to decide over.

the people who carved up the world and put their flags in it, and then put fences around anything so that we may never use it and are condemned to sit idly by have robbed all of us of our fair share.

the world is still belonging to the commons.

Nobody owns the air or the moon but only because the moon is out of reach and the air can't be fenced off otherwise you would have to pay for tides and every breath you take. think about that.

Rethorical question: why didn't property rights matter when the spanish went to south and middle america? why didn't they matter when north america was lifted off of the original owners? but now if you take some guys land in the same exact area suddenly property rights matter?

so basically you can go around stealing off of everybody in the world but if somebody steals a lighter or pen off of you they go to jail? make it make sense...

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago (2 children)

Would you rather everyone can just walk into your house and take whatever they want? I for one am quite happy with the rules and morals we keep.

Those flags put up are often there to keep different cultures with different rules apart. It's not as easy as erasing borders to have a free world. People are too selfish for that.

Sure, governments still steal all the time. Things are definitely not perfect, but that's not related to someone stealing your lighter.

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