It is difficult to truely own something in the ideal sense of the word.
Most people pay a yearly fee to “own” their land. You cannot do whatever you want with your land i.e. you don’t really own it, but instead you own a lifetime tradeable lease. When you die, the land remains.
One definition of ownership I like is “can you freely destroy it without legal consequences?”.
Even “your” body: there are many laws about what you may and may not do with it (alive and dead).
There is even a grey area for whether you own your own thoughts? Maybe you rationally believe you can believe whatever you like, but actually your thoughts bleed through subconsciously into your actions which can have severe consequences. And unless you brought yourself up without human contact, it is very hard to discern the boundary between your own beliefs and those that belong to your society.
Ownership is a human invention. You can't take it with you, you're only ever really leasing it, and to the degree that you distribute it, what you're actually exercising is power to get other people do what you want (or delegating that power).
Ownership will exist for as long as there's support in governance and law for it. If ownership doesn't deliver enough benefit for the majority in society, then expect society to alter the terms of the bargain.
Of course. Just like I own my car but if I violate certain laws it may be confiscated.
If "can't be forced to give it up by normal legal processes" is your standard for what it means to own something, there is very little in the world that you do actually own. So little, in fact that the concept doesn't mean much at all.
Humans, as compared to corporations, have (probably) inbuilt timespans which govern their lifetime. If you 'own' a property after you die, how do you enforce your ownership?
No, you don't own the property. Under what coherent system of thought could you possibly own something that was there before humans existed and will be there after humans are gone, and which you did nothing to create or maintain? Property ownership is a societal construct that we agree to use to improve our lives together. If it's not serving our needs we can change it.
From a philosophical perspective... Except for your thoughts and perhaps your life, which is another discussion entirely, it is arguable that you don't own ANYTHING. Not your home, your car, software, or the phone in your hand. You only have it because a corporation or government allows you to have it.
Most societies generally recognize that a person's ownership extends past the objects in his immediate use/possession. You don't give up ownership of your car, just because you parked it on the street unattended, just like I don't become the owner of it if I steal your keys.
Ownership is exhausting. You can only "own" anything by going to great lengths to protect it. Ultimately, you are still reliant on the relationships you have with others and their willingness to respect that it is yours.
There is no objective and constant set of universal rules for what defines ownership because it’s a made up concept
Unless you’ve ingested something to burn for calories, or destroyed something then nothing is strictly and forever yours to keep and dispose of as you please.
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