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“Ownership means you can sell, rent, or hypothecate an asset with no further permission”
By this definition you cannot own your home or property it’s built on. You are simply the custodian.
“It is true that the state can do all those things to your asset”
“I object to the blurring of coherent meaning”
Like the phrase “home ownership”? A phrase that lost it’s meaning decades ago, yet people believe such a thing still exists.
When another “controls” that that you possess, “ownership” as you describe is meaningless.
The real owner is the one who collects rent so that you may continue using your “possession”.
Your distinction between “ownership” and “control” is arbitrary.
What practical “ownership” exists when you must pay a tax for the privilege of retaining possession?
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