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Originally Posted by snapshot
I would agree, in that nothing is owned unless its labored for, which is ultimately how currency is established.
Someone farms land. Corn is grown. That corn can be traded for anything that someone else is willing to give up, so long as the amount of corn offered is worth more to the person than what s/he is giving up and vice versa for the person giving up the corn--everyone always trades up. It's how value is created.
Money, currency, is just a medium that a lot of people think is valuable, whether to themselves or to someone else. It could be corn or a promise note.
What I CERTAINLY do not agree with is putting fence posts around a piece of land and claiming it yours, or stealing from someone else. Those are illegitimate ways of acquiring property. I think most people will agree with that. What is very difficult, however, is not blaming those people who had nothing to do with the property they now possess that was stolen by their ancestors, but also not being forced to give up something to someone else who didn't labor for it.
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i disagree, thats why you have wills..... you cannot blame someone who has been "willed" X number of $'s, or parcels of land, its the decision the of the deceased to handle how their earthly property/land is parceled out...if I am disowned by my father, and recieve nothing when he dies, thats his will, I respect that, and I'm just using myself as an easy example..I mean all of humanity...