Re:Eu.org, free domain names since 1996
by southerntofu on Tuesday June 07, 2022 @04:53AM
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By this standard, nobody owns anything: as long as you pay property taxes, you're just renting from the State. I don't entirely disagree with this interpretation: as others have pointed out, whatever you "own" can be quickly expropriated by local powers to build a highway, airport, stadium...
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Re:Eu.org, free domain names since 1996
by psychoslave on Tuesday June 07, 2022 @05:51AM
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And local powers can be dismantled, or see part of its territory being annexed by an other sovereign power. As we say, nothing lasts forever.
In that regard, ownership is more like "sizing the window in a large enough shape so that all stakeholders are convinced that it will never be required to put special attention on it again, despite ineluctable changes".
Maybe privileges, responsibilities and liability are less delusional terms for that matter.
Re:Eu.org, free domain names since 1996
by hgomersall on Tuesday June 07, 2022 @07:13AM
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Moreover, the state protects what you "own" from being appropriated by the person with the bigger club. "Private property" very much depends on public goodwill.