• cynar@lemmy.world
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    1 day ago

    It could be argued that the government “owns” the whole country. It gives you unlimited use, for a 1 time fee. The existence of property laws, property taxes, and eminent domain implying this.

    It depends on how pedantic the vampire is about it.

    • Blisterexe@lemmy.zip
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      19 hours ago

      i did debate with someone else in the room about that when i was drafting my comment, but i figured it had to be direct ownership, good point though.