The idea of private property is under constant attack. That mere fact should convince right-thinking people how important it is. If private property was a mere social construct, as the postmodernists say, they would leave it alone. They could be confident that the whole idea would just pass away.

However, that idea will not pass away. We can see this in the remaining Communist economies, in which people fiercely cling to their few possessions. Supposedly they live in a utopia based on the idea “From each according to his ability, to each according to his needs.” If communism worked, common people could throw away, consume, or give away their possessions. They could rest assured that the state would provide all that they need.

Yet they do not. Indeed, each person treasures the few things that they possess – property obtained at great cost to themselves or their families.

Those poor people know that private property endows them with the only economic security that they have.

In this episode of The Return to Order Moment, Mr. John Horvat discusses the importance of private property, as well as the nature of modern attacks upon it.

Those listeners who wish to read the essay in its original format may use this link - https://www.tfp.org/the-postmodern-rejection-of-property-threatens-to-devastate-the-world/?PKG=TFPE22324.

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