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land can't actually be "purchased". what you can do is give money to someone, and they can agree to go away, or to sign a paper that will make a nation-state violently eject them if they don't go away but you're not paying for the land. it was never for sale https://t.co/q894DWSi5W
just because i paid $10 for a vegetable, doesn't mean my obligation to it is over it didn't come from just the grocery story, or even the farmer it came from the earth, the same stuff my body is made of and living with it's nice to finally begin living in reciprocity with it
we commonly understand pets to work this way. just because you paid for a dog, doesn't mean you can do whatever with its body. it's the same with land, in certain cultures that see it that way anyway https://t.co/JQRCpVdtiu
just because we "bought" a dog, paid $500 for it to someone our current system recognises the dog as property of, doesn't mean we can do anything the dog we recognise we still have some obligation to the dog it's the same with objects. and fruits and vegetables
>All property is agreement. All else is identification. https://t.co/uPZqdl87Vj