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To: Dayuhan who wrote (8547)	3/14/2001 8:15:13 PM
From: TimF	Read Replies (1) of 82486

It is very difficult to view colonialism as anything but theft, and in many postcolonial societies virtually all "private property" was originally expropriated from the indigenous inhabitants and granted to colonists. Even if the land was later acquired by an indigenous elite, the original theft would still make the land in question stolen property. If I steal your car and sell it to someone else, the fact that the third party paid for the car does not mean the car isn't If the land was stolen that might justify grabbing it to give it back to its original owners, esp. if this is done when the original owners are still around. I don't think it would justify stealing it again to give it to some third body or to some form of collective control. I wouldn't say that Communism is preferable to feudalism, but in extreme cases where feudal lords refuse to relinquish power, it may be seen by those who suffer the weight of the feudal regime as a necessary transitory step. I can see how they would see things that way, but the new communist ruling party probably wont see itself as transitory. Tim

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