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    It is not the case that Private property is justified

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    Reason for 1 of 2
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    • 1.Private property requires coercive enforcement mechanisms that themselves demand justification prior to any appeal to security benefits.
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    • 2.The security private property provides to holders is systematically purchased at the cost of insecurity for those excluded from ownership.
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    Reason for 2 of 2
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    • 1.Locke's own proviso requires 'enough and as good' left for others, a condition demonstrably unmet in any historically actual property regime.
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    • 2.Superior stewardship claims rest on empirical comparisons that disregard well-documented cases of successful commons governance, as Ostrom's work establishes.
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    Reasons Against

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    • 1.Private property provides security to those who hold it
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    • 2.Private property leads to superior stewardship of resources compared to common ownership
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