re: Why Property Is Theft and Why It Matters

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The true initial condition is that nothing belonged to anybody and ownership of things comes from force.

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the sad reality, but this is reality

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Even now, retaining ownership of anything stops at your ability to physically defend it.

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this actually is a major talking point post-WW2

moving into the post-colonial world, we have tried to reason our way out of this. it's the central theme of the Palestinian conflict. Palestine does not control anything b/c it lacks the power. it only has the perception of property due to the benevolence of Israel, which has caused all sorts of issues