{"id":6332,"date":"2016-06-24T04:42:54","date_gmt":"2016-06-24T04:42:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/maverickphilosopher.blog\/index.php\/2016\/06\/24\/private-property-2\/"},"modified":"2016-06-24T04:42:54","modified_gmt":"2016-06-24T04:42:54","slug":"private-property-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/maverickphilosopher.blog\/index.php\/2016\/06\/24\/private-property-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Private Property"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-family: georgia, palatino;\">Albert Camus,<em> Notebooks 1951-1959<\/em>, tr. Ryan Bloom, Chicago: Ivan R. Dee, 2010, p. 177:<\/span><\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: georgia, palatino;\">The Revolution is good. &#0160;But why? &#0160;One must have an idea of the civilization one wishes to create. &#0160;The abolition of property is not an end. &#0160;It is a means.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-family: georgia, palatino;\">This is foolish. 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