re: #794 Buck

Except that when it was first built there was no time of occupation, or cultural significance. AND it was leveled to the ground three times (if I remember my history correctly) and rebuilt bigger each time. And each time the story of its cultural significance got bigger and bigger.

Precisely. That is the way with cultural significance. You start off with a toehold, then you gain power and you start rewriting history to make it look as if your victory was divinely ordained. People have been doing it of at least 3,000 years, and presumably they were doing it before writing began as well.

re: #796 LudwigVanQuixote

So no property means anything?

Are you really arguing that?

Property is a social construct. When left-wing governments get elected and forcibly nationalise industries, who “owns” the factories?

We get together and write laws that say who owns what and why. That’s the way the world works.