LizzieMaine
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I think the ancient Hebrews had the right idea. Land was held by tribes and could be sold between tribes as needed -- except that every fifty years, land ownership automatically reverted to the original tribe. When I'm dictator that's how we'll do things.
Interestingly, the phrase embossed on the Liberty Bell -- "Proclaim liberty to all the land and all the inhabitants thereof" -- comes from the section of Leviticus which established this system. The freedom being proclaimed was freedom from economic thralldom.
Interestingly, the phrase embossed on the Liberty Bell -- "Proclaim liberty to all the land and all the inhabitants thereof" -- comes from the section of Leviticus which established this system. The freedom being proclaimed was freedom from economic thralldom.