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Mine!
99% Invisible
The Rules of Ownership Are More Complex Than We Think
Ownership is ambiguous way more often than people realize. Whose bledge of space is that? Is it mine? Is it yours? We don't know. That is one of the most powerful advanced tools of ownership design, its being ambiguous deliberately in order to profit from the ambiguity. All these battles are based on the same simple stories that kids learn and use actively in the playground. Possession is nine tenths of the law. It actually traces back to an ancient, ancient legal code. Back in hamonerabius, if somebody else was on your land and they farmed it for a couple of years, even though it was land, it became their property. Your possession mattered
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