Who owns the land?

Question for the world. WHO OWNS THE LAND? Currently, there are many discussions about who owns which land. Wherever in the world, we have seen the same land disputes disturbing peace since the dawn of humanity. Is there any legal right to land? Are the laws that arrange ownerships even valid?

Land is there and will always be there as long as Earth exists. On the other hand, people are temporary and can use a piece of land as long as they can physically do so. No one can own the land, as ownership is based on laws, agreements, and contracts between people. There is no agreement between people and Earth. Earth permitted us to use the land for food, period. There is no other option than to use the land and live on it as long as we live. That is temporary. The next generation cannot claim a piece of land based on inheritance.

Borders are a creation of the human mind. Nature has created clear borders by itself. People have never obeyed the borders nature did set. We crossed them. People did escape the limitation of natural borders to claim land that was not theirs. The same people appointed leaders who wanted to be a boss over more land than they could live on; these bosses created countries. It is an organization created by followers of a hierarchical order who agreed to obey these leaders and follow their orders. Over eighty percent of the people follow orders from people they consider superior to them.

A boss is not superior by nature but by recognition of the masses. People obey by their own will or by fear. They follow orders because they believe in self-interest. The leader controls others through fear, self-interest, eagerness, and other emotions. A good leader is a manipulator of the self of its followers. They believe in him more than they believe in themselves.

No war, ownership, or organization will exist when people realize we are all equal. But that will never happen. Why? Because people find it easier to follow than to be independent in thinking. Most people prefer others to decide for them. But those same people complain when decisions are made against them. The leaders are there to lead themselves to a better life without feeling a need to consider the lives of others. Followers are not seen as human beings as they are only parts of the organization needed to reach goals set by leaders. They are tools in a machine. Not more, not less.

Leaders own the land because we give them the right. Followers provide them with authority by following. That has always been that way. Look around you, followers everywhere. Can we change the systems we created? That is a slow process but never a process of freedom. Systems took away freedom since the majority decided to follow leaders. Ownership is a consensus of the majority, not a natural reality.

Do we own land? NO! We never did and never will. Nature owns the land, not we. Generations come and go. People pass away, and ownership passes away with the people. We hold nothing in life, not even the clothes we wear. Everything is borrowed for the time we are alive. Even the most outstanding leaders have come and gone before, and nature led nobody to escape that faith.

Arnaud van der Veere