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Monarchy
A favorite excuse of royal libertarians is that
the land has been divided up for so long that tracing the
rightful owners would be pointless. But there can be no
rightful owners if we all have an inalienable right of
access to the earth. It is not some ancient injustice we
seek to rectify, but an ongoing injustice. The piece of
paper granting title might be ancient, but the tribute
levied on the landless goes on and on.
One might as well have accepted
monarchy under the excuse that whatever conquest led to
monarchy occurred centuries ago, and that tracing the
rightful monarchs would be pointless. Indeed, landed
aristocracy is the last remnant of monarchy. ... Read the whole
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