Property rights are not inherent, but granted by the
people as a whole

I've had property rights on the brain for a while, far longer than my recent Fourth of July post. Bottom line ? only the owner-class, led by the aristocracy (Our Betters), considers property rights god-given. The rest is a sell-job, which most of us have bought.Here's Benjamin Franklin on property rights. I'll let him speak, then I'll say in modern terms what he means (my emphasis and...

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