[ExI] Property rights to the summit

Dan TheBookMan danust2012 at gmail.com
Mon Dec 14 05:43:46 UTC 2015


On Dec 13, 2015, at 4:03 PM, Will Steinberg <steinberg.will at gmail.com> wrote:
> Then again, the law can be biased.  Westerners came to America, forced people off the land, and wrote their own title deeds for the land.  When the bullies write the deeds, how valid are they.  Those who have genetic mantle of native Hawaiians may well argue that the claim is nullified because the titles were given under duress.
> 
> How would you feel if China took over America, kicked you out of your house, and rewrote the land certificates?
> 
> And it's very unlikely that those descendants of natives will be able to successfully argue in court that they have a just claim to the land.  It happens, but rarely.  The sad fact is that thieves and their progeny wrote the laws and own the country.
> 
> Oh well, that's how it goes.  Take what you can and such.  Everyone gets their comeuppance whether it comes fast or waits until the moment of death a la Kurtz in Heart of Darkness.
> 

You completely misunderstand. A just title would not necessarily be one that's approved of by current law or current government, both of which are inherently unjust and should be abolished. A just claim merely is one where the land was acquired in a just manner -- that is, via either first appropriation, honest exchange, or as a gift. 

The examples you mention -- taking land then writing up titles for it or using government to take land -- are not examples of acquiring land in a just manner. This should be clear. This isn't the part of property rights theory that's difficult. ;)

Regards,

Dan
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