Ownership

Ownership is the socially supported power to exclusively control and use for one's own purposes, that which is owned. Definitions of it are closely tied to definitions of wealth, private or public.

Related Topics:
Power - Wealth

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It is claimed by some (principally among the political left), that the exclusiveness of the ownership relationship underlies much of the injustice in the world, and that the social protection of this exclusiveness can result in tyranny and oppression at both the individual and societal levels.

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