The fruits of the earth belong to us all, and the earth itself to nobody.
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Caballero Criado Costeño
on July 03, 2010
The claim is simply the final bit from the following:
“The first man who, having fenced in a piece of land, said ‘This is mine,’ and found people naïve enough to believe him, that man was the true founder of civil society. From how many crimes, wars, and murders, from how many horrors and misfortunes might not any one have saved mankind, by pulling up the stakes, or filling up the ditch, and crying to his fellows: Beware of listening to this impostor; you are undone if you once forget that the fruits of the earth belong to us all, and the earth itself to nobody. ”
— Jean-Jacques Rousseau, Discourse on Inequality
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I appreciate the sentiment, but you can't just walk up to a guy and say your fruit is my fruit, and take his little green pieces of paper. Or walk in someone else's house and say this earth belongs to noone, so I'll live here for the rest of my life for free.
It's my banana; stop looking at it.
jtn, I appreciate your comment. It's a fruit which I have now had. I hope this doesn't molest you. Also I think you may have wanted to use the word may instead of can't:
“…but you may not walk up to a…”
I believe the taking of what would supposedly be the fruit of others actually happens all the time.
Now try out the scenario that all the fruit is our fruit. Pointless it would be to take the fruit of another when the same fruit is at your reach. You have to admit we're a successful species so far and obviously capable of abundant life here thanks to the incredibly excellent conditions of our circumstance. Any species this awesome is making a fool of itself with continued wars over resources when it's obviously a finite pot (upon which we depend for mere sustenance) and we're all the same team. We waste a lot of energy in counter-productive measures. Imagine if all that energy were applied to productive measures. There is something owning us and holding us back. I think it might have something to do with ownership.
have you considered seizing the means of production? I hear it's all the rage
Women should not be in the internet. They should be in the kitchen making a sandwich.
cryptoprotolith, wha happen?!
Somebody set up us the bum.
The earth belongs to the rich
8Again, the devil taketh him up into an exceeding high mountain, and sheweth him all the kingdoms of the world, and the glory of them; 9And saith unto him, All these things will I give thee, if thou wilt fall down and worship me. 10Then saith Jesus unto him, Get thee hence, Satan: for it is written, Thou shalt worship the Lord thy God, and him only shalt thou serve. 11Then the devil leaveth him, and, behold, angels came and ministered unto him.
mmm... guanabana
Richard Butts? THE Richard Butts???
Yes, sir. THE oneandonly Richard Butts.