From: Billy Brown (bbrown@conemsco.com)
Date: Mon May 24 1999 - 12:46:39 MDT
I have two simple questions for those who have expressed anti-property
opinions on this thread.
To those who have suggested that we should abandon private property, I ask
what you propose to replace it with. We can't determine which alternative
is superior unless we actually have two concrete ideas to compare.
To those who have suggested that we should abandon any sort of property
system, I have a more fundamental question. A system of property exists to
answer the basic question "Who decides what will be done with any given
resource?" If your answer is that each individual always decides what to do
with the fruits of his own labor, you are on your way to a private property
system. If you say that some other entity will always make the decision,
you are on the road to collectivism. If you say that the answer depends on
the situation, then you are exploring the middle ground of socialism.
So, if you reject all of these alternatives, I must ask how you propose that
such decisions should be made.
Billy Brown, MCSE+I
bbrown@conemsco.com
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