Re: Definition of "rich"?

Just Cocky <just@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:

Thing is, you don't need a Government to throw the "first one to
arrive" out. If it's not immoral, then it's ok to do it yourself. If
it's ok for you to do it yourself, then it's ok to delegate that power
to Government.

Most of the moral philosophy I follow is tied to the Principle of
Self-ownership, i.e., the idea that each and every individual owns him
or herself completely and at all times. From this Principle, one can
deduce things like the rights to life, to liberty and to property of
created things; but not to property of non-created things. I am
unaware of any profound moral principle, similar to the Principle of
Self-ownership, that allows one to deduce a right to property of
natural resources.

Ever read Locke?

When I homestead a piece of land, and perform work on it, I mix my work
with the land, and it thus becomes mine. Thanks to *MY* work, the land
gives off useful resources, be it grain or valuable resources; metal,
oil, coal, gas, lumber, whatever.

Posession of natural resources is a natural relationship arising between
humans and the land/resources. Nothing untoward about that.

--
regards, Peter Bjørn Perlsø
http://haxor.dk
http://liberterran.org
http://haxor.dk/fanaticism/
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