Irked, who or what says it is your property?
Why, I do . . . and my ability to defend it from any individual set on taking it from me.
Problems arise when the lazy, weak and immoral band together in a collectivist action to deprive me of my property. Then the odds are suddenly stacked against the individual and he is bound to come out on the short end against the thieving mob. Without the collective, it would be a matter of individual against individual: the only natural, true and just type of conflict.
Except, of course the minor detail that humans are pack animals and have always acted collectively. I belive that is called, wait, it is on the tip of my tongue ...
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NATURAL LAW
the real natural law, not that crap invented by intellectuals to cover their power grab.
Yes irked and all the other adherents of "property" you own what you own by virtue of the consent of the collective. it may not be pretty or sound very elegant, but in the long run all rights are at the will of the collective. That is just, well, natural law. It is part of the human dna.
Now I like to think that humans have aspired to a version of the collective that honors the individual as he or she is and is respectful of each one's needs, but we are barely at the cusp of such a reality.
Rather than using the concept of the individual to elevate the human experience, such as was the intent of our nation's founders, we see it bandied about as a sword of righteousness. It is a claim of authority when the only true authority is deep within our genetic structure.
I can appreciate why anyone would want to develop the notion of the individual as a inviolate principle, and in the current culture I am such an advocate as well. But I also know that it is a quicksand that easily is the hiding spot for greedy, selfish and hateful humans.
To me it is essential to start consumed by the humility that is present when one assumes one's place as one of six billion plus humans, knowing that for all practical purposes we are identical replicas of a single woman at the beginning of our family.
