In the United States people are allowed to own their own property
(for now at least). But what would it look like if the government owned
the land? Read on to find out.
Big government control: To understand what would happen we
only need to look to the past. In Europe under Kings and Queens, or even
in communist societies, the government owned all the land and its resources.
Kings and Queens would give the land away to those that curried their
favor, but if they displeased the king and queen, the land could be taken back
at any time. Under communist rule, land was equally distributed to an
extent with those who played the system being able to get more land than the
common person.
Today it would be the same thing.
Government would own the land and then distribute it in a way they saw
fit. However, if you fell out of favor with the government or you were
just in the way, they could and would take the land back to accomplish whatever
their goals are. Understand that government is not benevolent, and that
everything comes with a cost. In this case, you cannot speak out against
the government, or act against their interests or else they will make you
homeless. Basically they can suppress your rights by threatening to take all
your property away.
Conclusion: Property is a right that is given to us
under the Constitution under the 4th Amendment and 5th Amendment. The
U.S. Constitution even makes it so that Congress can punish certain crimes like
piracy which is typically a crime against property. So the U.S. is
unique. But, people with respect to ideas and good intentions gone bad
are not. Slowly but surely we are reinterpreting our constitution which
results in things like Kilo Vs. New London where people's property was taken
and given to someone else because government thought the new property owner
would improve the land (which they did not do). As such, be cautious and
remember the abuses that can result if the government should gain full control
over property.
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