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* Private Property was established through a massive wave of historical violence in the form of [[enclosure]] and [[colonialism]].
* Private Property was established through a massive wave of historical violence in the form of [[enclosure]] and [[colonialism]].
* Private Property naturally tends to create inequalities that can lead to authoritarianism.
* Private Property naturally tends to create inequalities that can lead to authoritarianism.
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Private Property or Absentee Ownership is a situation where one person has the right to exclude another from a physical space or goods without directly using or occupying that space, and is part of the basis of capitalism.

Critcisms

See Also: The Tragedy of the Anticommons

  • Private Property tends to lead to lower economic efficiency and worker happiness that what could be achieved via workers' self-management.
  • Private Property tends to lead to worse ecological outcomes than what can be achieved via the commons.
  • Private Property was established through a massive wave of historical violence in the form of enclosure and colonialism.
  • Private Property naturally tends to create inequalities that can lead to authoritarianism.