I am a real estate instructor and one of the classes I teach is Code of Ethics for the National Association of Realtors (NAR). NAR has a statement in the Code training, “Under all is the land.” I always had a hard time understanding what those words referred to. As a long time Rush listener, I heard him telling the story for the 3rd or 4th time and then it dawned on me. “Under all is the land” referred to private land ownership. When the Pilgrims were told each family will be given their own plot of land and they will live or die depending how they treat and develop this gift. This was the first time in world history personal ownership of land has been granted and this was the spark that created the free enterprise system we enjoy today. If you read or listen to Rush’s rendition of Thanksgiving, “Under all is the land” will explain the responsibility of the freedom we enjoy today. I just pray we can keep this responsibility alive.
I am a real estate instructor and one of the classes I teach is Code of Ethics for the National Association of Realtors (NAR). NAR has a statement in the Code training, “Under all is the land.” I always had a hard time understanding what those words referred to. As a long time Rush listener, I heard him telling the story for the 3rd or 4th time and then it dawned on me. “Under all is the land” referred to private land ownership. When the Pilgrims were told each family will be given their own plot of land and they will live or die depending how they treat and develop this gift. This was the first time in world history personal ownership of land has been granted and this was the spark that created the free enterprise system we enjoy today. If you read or listen to Rush’s rendition of Thanksgiving, “Under all is the land” will explain the responsibility of the freedom we enjoy today. I just pray we can keep this responsibility alive.
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You are so right about the importance of property ownership as it relates to freedom. From property ownership comes independence and freedom from government control. It’s not an accident that Gates is buying up American farmland and the Dutch government is trying their damnest to drive farmers off their land.
What you say is so true. Humans need land to survive. We could migrate with other animals to survide or we could till our own land - if we owned it. We could inherit land if we were the first born son or we could move somewhere to find land to support our family. Many young men went to the new world in search of land.
If you ever do genealogy you may trace your ancestors and follow them in their search of land. Those who came in the 1600’s settled and their offspring moved inland to find land, and it went on and on.
There was no social security then. You either chopped your wood to keep warm or plowed your fields to provide food for your families. Or maybe you could become a religious person.