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oppose 0% · Monopolymoderated to 100%; argued down by 100%
by princevince on 2005-04-20 09:19:52Property is a state-protected monopoly over the use of certain objects. This is inefficient since it restricts its use when it might be benificial for people other than the owner. It would be better to exchange the system of owner rights to a model where the claimer with highest potential of social benefit receives the rights. -
oppose 0% · feasibilitymoderated to 100%; argued down by 100%
by anonymous on 2005-04-21 00:52:59Government would need to be huge and pervasive in order to be able to efficiently distribute property on such a scale as a large country. Private property is a distributed system where capital gain is used to pass ownership to those who need it most. My point is that "those who need it most" know they need the property better than their government ever would. The Government would hand over that property to government controlled, inefficient, and corrupt organizations. I don't expect a majority of the people to ever be aware enough to fix something like that.
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title: 'feasibility'
text: 'Government would need to be huge and pervasive in order to be able to efficiently distribute property on such a scale as a large country. Private property is a distributed system where capital gain is used to pass ownership to those who need it most. My point is that "those who need it most" know they need the property better than their government ever would. The Government would hand over that property to government controlled, inefficient, and corrupt organizations. I don't expect a majority of the people to ever be aware enough to fix something like that.'
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date: 2005-04-21 00:52:59
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