Quote @Tazz:

"Now I'm curious if anyone here has a land title. There are some interesting things that could be done with that de facto ('fake') title."

We need to talk about how ownership actually works.

First, a title is never "de facto". Every title is "de jure", because it has to be created through a law or contract. In other words: A title has to be given to you. And this means: The one that is granting the title is the actual owner.

So, a title is not a right – it's a privilege granted by the owner.

Now you need to understand that ownership is not a title. For example, you own your body, not because someone is granting you the right or privilege to own it, but because you are owning it "de facto".

Definition: De facto ('from fact') practices are those that exist in reality or effect, without explicit recognition by laws or other formal norms. They contrast with de jure ('from law') practices.

This means that ownership always arises from fact. It's a state that can be derived from reality. So, the next question is: How do you do that? How can we tell whether someone owns a thing without looking into written laws or contracts?

In natural law – the rules of the universe – there is a "rule of appropriation" (acquisition of property). This means that you have to qualify for ownership, not before an invented authority inside the universe, but before the universe itself. The underlying structure is logic. In other words: If you manage to acquire property without breaking logic, you are the rightful owner.

And universal logic is simple: Whatever it is, it's either true for everybody, or it isn't true for everybody (principle of universality).

Universal rule of appropriation: If you violate property of others, you cannot claim property for yourself.

This is the actual difference between the good guys and the bad guys.

The bad guys believe that they can violate the property of others (which is called stealing) while at the same time believing that others don't have the right to steal from them. They think they are the exception, and this breaks universal logic.

To be more clear: If you believe that you have the right to steal, universal law dictates that everybody else also has the right to steal. So, you should be okay with another person stealing from you. But this breaks the definition of stealing. In other words: In a universe where stealing is a right, there would be no theft anymore, so there would be no property at all.

But a universe without property doesn't work, because ISBEs would not be able to retain homeostasis of their bodies. Stealing a body of another ISBE would not be wrong, so there would be no right of self-defense. And the result of a universe without the right of self-defense is extinction.

So, let's answer the question: Why is your body your property? Let's go through the chain:

1. The body must be created. It doesn't matter how it's created, the body is owned by the creator (e.g. the mother that grows the body inside her womb).

2. Another ISBE takes possession of the new body, or a new ISBE emerges from the complexity of the new body (it doesn't matter which one is happening).

3. Now the crucial step: From the mother's perspective, the fact that another ISBE takes possession of the new body, which so far is her property, could be seen as stealing. But it's not, because she wants that to happen. There's no point in giving birth to a dead body.

Result: The child ISBE is becoming the rightful owner of the body, as no right has been violated. It's not a title. It's a fact.

And the same is true for every other property: If the thing you want to acquire is already owned, taking it without permission would be violence (a violation of property). If it's not owned, you can acquire it without asking anyone.