Re: more electoral defeats for the feudalists

ruetheday@xxxxxxxxxx wrote:


I followed these "takings initiatives" quite closely during election
week. Not only do I oppose them on principle, but for the very
pragmatic reason that, if passed, they could virtually bankrupt state
governments. Virtually every single environmental regulation, every
zoning law, every property tax increase, etc. could be declared a
taking and thus become compensable. This is sheer idiocy.

Our entire legal structure, from the earliest days of Common Law to the current day is predicated on the Sanctity of Property. Any law or regulation that deprives a party of the use of or control of -his- property is compensatable. The only issue is how much compensation and how fair it is.

This notion that land is common to mankind as a whole is bogus and has no place in English Common Law or any of its latter day derivatives and entailments.

Land belongs to he who possesses it and can defend against adverse claims, by force if necessary. In short Might makes Right once again. Generally governments have the Most Might.

All this Georgist crap is just that, crap. It has no historical standing, at least not in English speaking cultures. It is bogus. Few take it seriously. It will NEVER EVER become the social order in the English speaking world.

Our society is all about property and the power that derives from property. Justice and rights are incidental if at all. Get used to it. There are too many laws and too little justice and that is the way the world is.

Bob Kolker

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