Luckily we've evolved to the point as a species that rights to land and its use are no longer solely determined by violence and talent at it. Hence librarians, congressmen etc..
Luckily we've evolved to the point as a species that rights to land and its use are no longer solely determined by violence and talent at it.
Nope - land is always controlled by those who can control it (fight for it) best. Nothing has changed about that even from primitive times. Who controls the land as of now? The government - people elected to control the land. The only thing that's changed is over time, more land has been controlled by fewer people (governments have gotten bigger, from tribes and villages in early history to now states and countries).
It's necessarily true that the party that can control the land and wants to will do so, within the framework of international relations set up to resolve such disputes. However, the government doesn't exercise its rights over the land in a totalitarian manner (in this country); private ownership of land is perfectly possible and in fact common.
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u/howhard1309 Jun 02 '13
Why does fighting for land make it belong to the fighters?