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    8 hours ago

    The alien assumes a property cannot be owned because it in fact can not be owned.

    Why? If someone pays for the resources to build it, then who owns it? If the labor could build it to begin with, then why didn’t it? Then labor could be the owner. But if labor relies on resources to build mechanisms of productivity, then it’s fair to say that those who build the mechanisms are justly due some compensation for their input.

    We already tried armed conflict over resources, the pieces of paper were what we decided was a better alternative.

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      7 hours ago

      If someone pays for the resources to build it, then who owns it?

      What part of “nobody can’t own anything” aren’t you getting?

      You are making up a bunch of your own rules and patting yourself on the back. That has nothing to do with the comic.

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        7 hours ago

        The state owns it in a Marxist society. Or are you saying that a group of farmers in China can go tell the PRC what to do

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          I’m sorry I’m not engaging until you get what “nobody can’t own anything” means.