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Originally Posted by HamsterRage
No it's not. It's an artificial construct, a play on words really, designed to make it less ridiculous to assert "ownership" over ideas.
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All property is an artificial construct. The house I "own" sits on a piece of land surrounded by invisible, magical boundaries. But the government has given me the ability to make people stay outside these "boundaries," and will, if necessary, give me the power to push people outside of these special lines. But if someone is standing just one foot outside of the "boundaries," well, suddenly I have no power to make them move.
In fact, in some states, you can even shoot people who cross these special lines, despite the fact that they exist nowhere in nature.
All property is an artificial, human construct.