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Are You an Owner or a Trespasser?

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In the world today, North America and Europe are like the Owner in the joke. The rest of the world is the Trespasser. We Owners have laid claim to a huge portion of the world's resources to support our consumption driven economy. We have assumed heretofore that our possession of those resources is rightful and just.

But the trespassers also want the wealth and prosperity we have acquired, and it will take about two and a half planet earths to satisfy that want. So an increasing number of Trespassers are going to want to fight us for the one planet we share. At last count Trespassers outnumber Owners more than 6 to 1.

So tell me again, what was it that you think you own? Where did you get it?

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Richmond Shreve is a former Senior Editor at OEN, a writer, and an author of short stories. His "Lost River Anthology" (amazon.com) was released in March 2009. His "Instructor Candidate Manual" (lulu.com) is widely used by motorsport clubs to train (more...)
 

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citizenship = ownership? by gone on Sunday, Oct 18, 2009 at 8:16:37 PM
Henry George's opinion by Scott Baker on Monday, Oct 19, 2009 at 9:38:32 AM
Cost of goods by Mad Jayhawk on Monday, Oct 19, 2009 at 11:52:41 AM
Not so.... by Scott Baker on Monday, Oct 19, 2009 at 2:56:12 PM
Cost of goods by Mad Jayhawk on Monday, Oct 19, 2009 at 11:52:42 AM
I read an article a while back where it was estimated by Stanimal on Monday, Oct 19, 2009 at 4:00:26 PM
Return to a Medieval concept of land ownership. by Bryan Emmel on Tuesday, Oct 20, 2009 at 2:40:44 AM
Great Dialog by Richmond Shreve on Wednesday, Oct 21, 2009 at 9:09:36 AM