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Tierra_y_Libertad Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jun-23-05 12:40 PM
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26. Property ownership has always been a delusion.
The government has always been able to seize property on whim or forbid you to do with it as you will.

Don't believe it?

Ownership implies control. Which means you can do with your property as you please. So, try any of the below with YOUR property:

Sell, or give, YOUR land to Cuba, North Korea, or Iran.

Set up an independent country on YOUR land and charge tolls for crossing it or flying over it.

Walk around nude on YOUR property.

Grow marijuana, coca, or opium on YOUR property.

Torch YOUR car on YOUR property.

Rent YOUR property to Al-Queda or Hezbullah.

Burn YOUR flag.

Take YOUR property with you when you die.

etc, etc.





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  -You no longer own anything in this country ProdigalJunkMail  Jun-23-05 11:27 AM   #0 
  - Reprivatization  Moochy   Jun-23-05 11:32 AM   #1 
  - oooh... i like that phrase  ProdigalJunkMail   Jun-23-05 11:33 AM   #3 
  - Some details would be nice in a story like this  bryant69   Jun-23-05 11:33 AM   #2 
  - LBN  dweller   Jun-23-05 11:35 AM   #4 
  - be very alarmed... here's details  ixion   Jun-23-05 11:36 AM   #6 
  - you need to run...screaming...flailing your arms...  ProdigalJunkMail   Jun-23-05 11:36 AM   #7 
  - So much for the ownership society  carnie_sf   Jun-23-05 11:35 AM   #5 
  - It IS the ownership society, its just that Americans aren't the owners.  Justin54B20L   Jun-23-05 11:40 AM   #10 
  - China, enabling the ownership society  Moochy   Jun-23-05 11:45 AM   #16 
  - double post...n/t  Justin54B20L   Jun-23-05 11:40 AM   #12 
  - And look who's the minority!  capriccio   Jun-23-05 11:36 AM   #8 
  - Property is Theft  maxsolomon   Jun-23-05 11:39 AM   #9 
  - nice quote  ProdigalJunkMail   Jun-23-05 11:41 AM   #13 
  - that's all very noble  sui generis   Jun-23-05 11:42 AM   #15 
     - Deleted message  Name removed   Jun-23-05 11:58 AM   #19 
        - well I'm not so good at reading minds  sui generis   Jun-23-05 12:04 PM   #20 
  - Recall how Prez Bush made his money...  MookieWilson   Jun-23-05 11:40 AM   #11 
  - and it was just as wrong... n/t  ProdigalJunkMail   Jun-23-05 11:42 AM   #14 
     - Here's a link to an article about it  MookieWilson   Jun-23-05 02:07 PM   #28 
  - Tell me, how does this encourage people....  getmeouttahere   Jun-23-05 11:46 AM   #17 
  - and the saddest part of this is...  ProdigalJunkMail   Jun-23-05 11:48 AM   #18 
  - it's very short sighted  sui generis   Jun-23-05 12:10 PM   #21 
     - Agree with you to a point, but  MadHound   Jun-23-05 12:23 PM   #24 
        - In your case it's different again  sui generis   Jun-23-05 12:34 PM   #25 
  - Alex Jones is going BALLISTIC over this. Calling it for what it is  Al-CIAda   Jun-23-05 12:11 PM   #22 
  - It kills me to say this  enigmatic   Jun-23-05 12:12 PM   #23 
  - Property ownership has always been a delusion.  Tierra_y_Libertad   Jun-23-05 12:40 PM   #26 
     - mostly true, i suppose  ProdigalJunkMail   Jun-23-05 12:46 PM   #27 
 

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