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Land: The Vital Mechanism That Turns Labour into The Needs of Life

There is a glaring disparity in how the habitable land of this planet is divided among us, which no excursion into moral reasoning can justify.

Capital: Land and Food Cannot Rightly be Valued in The Same Currency

Most fail to see that, though erroneously measured in the same units of currency, capital, and the profit it generates, are not the same stuff.

Disparity: Who Owns Planet Earth? Morally, Who Should Own It?

All have the same basic needs. Few own the means to produce them. The resulting disparity of wealth breeds dichotomy of thought, which precipitates conflict.

Division of Inheritance: The law doesn't demand it be fair, and it rarely is

Apathy, negligence, ignorance and pressure cause the rich to divide their possessions unfairly among their descendants, concentrating wealth in the hands of a favoured few.

The Lost Inheritance, Chapter 8: Structure

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