You could take the interpretation of “ownership” to many ridiculous conclusions, from “all ownership is theft” to “nothing is owned” to “all governent is crime” to “all taxation is theft” etc…
From a practical standpoint, “ownership” is an arbitrary threshold of exclusivity that is generally respected by society under appropriate conditions. Where that threshold and what the conditions are will vary by the type of property and general social sensibilities.
absentbird@lemm.ee 4 weeks ago
It’s not meaningless, it’s about who controls a thing. What makes you think ownership must not have conditions?
sfu@lemm.ee 4 weeks ago
If you own something, and someone takes it from you, its called theft. If its not theft when they take it from you, then you didn’t own it.
absentbird@lemm.ee 4 weeks ago
That would mean all taxes are theft, all forfeitures, all repossessions, and all seizures. It’s a simplistic understanding of the concept that reduces ownership to whoever currently possess property.
You’re welcome to have that perspective, but it doesn’t map well onto any modern legal framework for ownership.
HeyThisIsntTheYMCA@lemmy.world 4 weeks ago
Exchange for goods and services no! Give goods and services yes!