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I'm sorry but that is not correct.


The nature of private property is implicit in the social contract. Every individual gives up his will in favor of the state -- which then becomes the perfect union of all the individuals that constitute it.


One does not have a natural right over the resources of the world -- whether one imbues it with the powers of his own labor or take it as it is. Private property, by its nature, is dependent on the law to define it.


Even the concept of a positive title ultimately rests on the regalian doctrine -- the state owns the land. The very nature of a positive title is explicit -- it is in 'rem' -- an adverse claim stated against the world.


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