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Article #2702Re: Theories of underdevelopment
From: robert j. kolker
Date: Mon, 01 Nov 2004 12:36
Date: Mon, 01 Nov 2004 12:36
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royls@telus.net wrote: > As land is not a product of labor, it cannot be rightly owned. But > all governments administer possession and use of the land within their > borders; civilization depends on it. The only question is, do they do > so in the interests of the governed, or of a small, privileged, The government always acts in the interests of those that have the power. Government IS power. All this twaddle about of the people, for the people and by the people is just.... twaddle. There has never been a totally honest or just government and there never will be. There are two kinds of government --- bad and worse. Check out the history books and see that I am telling the truth. Word! If you want the people at large to be in charge, then you need an anarchistic system. Of course the constant warfare and plunder might get a little depressing after a while, but what the hell. Let the People Rule! As much as it pains me to say it, Hobbes was right. > wealthy minority? What you have described is effective ownership. You say the government controls access to the land and the manner of its dispositiong. For all practical purposes that is ownership. Any State with enough guns to enforce Eminent Domain, owns the turf. As Chairman Mao said power comes from the barrel of a gun. So true. Bob Kolker
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