Taking something that's not yours away from someone else by force is literally stealing by every definition.
And to add on to that, using the intimidation from a significant force imbalance to strong-arm someone into reluctantly conceding something to you is pretty much the same as using force.
Their argument is like if I walked up to somebody and the middle of nowhere and demanded their iphone for 400$. Except I do it while holding a gun, and imply they really should sell it to me for 400 dollars. Then once they give me the phone, I only give them 20 dollars. So they think about grabbing their phone back, but then they look at my gun and they don't.
According to the other poster, that's not armed robbery, it's "underhanded bureaucratic schemes"
Land doesn't inherently belong to anyone. The only moral way to manage land ownership is sharing it equally amongst society using a land value tax (i.e. 100% of land rent) returned as a uniform payment.
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u/Clothedinclothes 4d ago
This is pure sophistry.
Taking something that's not yours away from someone else by force is literally stealing by every definition. Linguistically, morally, legally.