My favorite thing is when landowners complain about the government charging them for maintaining the monopoly on violence that enforces their deed. Landowners actually sincerely believe that landownership magically exists by some kind of supernatural force-barrier that causes you to incinerate if you disobey it. No, land ownership is maintained by violence. The army owns the land. The government owns the army. The government lets you control the land according to its terms.
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My favorite thing is when landowners complain about the government charging them for maintaining the monopoly on violence that enforces their deed. Landowners actually sincerely believe that landownership magically exists by some kind of supernatural force-barrier that causes you to incinerate if you disobey it. No, land ownership is maintained by violence. The army owns the land. The government owns the army. The government lets you control the land according to its terms.