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To: A. Pole
The private property is a legal construct sustained by the rest of society, same way as a corporation is a construct.

No! No, no no!

Private property is a moral reality which exists PRIOR TO LAW OR ANY SOCIAL CONTRACT, which the rest of society is morally obligated to revere by law. The existing society helps one to acquire and hold property, but the right to own the fruit of your work is a natural right. It is recognized in law, NOT IN ANY WAY CREATED BY LAW.

A corporation is a legal construct of convenience, entirely created by law. There is no natural right necessitating or hallowing the corporate form.

The argument for provate property is a moral one; the argument for corporations is a practical one.

The distinction between these two is THE CRUCIAL DISTINCTION between a socialist and and a normal person.

127 posted on 02/18/2004 6:29:36 AM PST by Taliesan
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To: Taliesan
that, i agree with.
128 posted on 02/18/2004 6:30:34 AM PST by MacDorcha
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To: Taliesan
Private property is a moral reality which exists PRIOR TO LAW OR ANY SOCIAL CONTRACT, which the rest of society is morally obligated to revere by law. The existing society helps one to acquire and hold property, but the right to own the fruit of your work is a natural right. It is recognized in law, NOT IN ANY WAY CREATED BY LAW.

Bwhahahaha!

When the revolution comes, just keep repeating "natural right".

130 posted on 02/18/2004 6:32:35 AM PST by StatesEnemy
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To: Taliesan
Private property is a moral reality which exists PRIOR TO LAW OR ANY SOCIAL CONTRACT, which the rest of society is morally obligated to revere by law.

The first dogma of the market religion - the religion of Mammon and golden calf. Why your god needs reverence and protection from the society? Can't he defend and sustain himself?

Their idols are silver and gold, the work of men's hands.
They have mouths, but they speak not: eyes have they, but they see not:
They have ears, but they hear not: noses have they, but they smell not:
They have hands, but they handle not: feet have they, but they walk not: neither speak they through their throat.
They that make them are like unto them; so is every one that trusteth in them.

Psalm 115, 4-8

162 posted on 02/18/2004 6:57:07 AM PST by A. Pole (The genocide of Albanians was stopped in its tracks before it began.)
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