Listen to "Agrarian Justice" as read by Scott Santens in this podcast. ( https://www.listennotes.com/podcasts/the-scott-santens/agrarian-justice-by-thomas-bySgcFjE2sd/ ) Read "Agrarian Justice." ( https://fermatslibrary.com/s/agrarian-justice ) In "Agrarian Justice," Thomas Paine distinguishes between two types of land: cultivated and uncultivated. Here are some of his observations. Society of Cultivated Land Land is held as private property. Dense human populations possible. Some very rich and many very poor people in society. Society of Uncultivated Land Land is considered the common property of humanity. (Example given is the native peoples of North America.) Low population density as hunting and gathering requires large areas of land. Quality of material life is similar among people within the society, and Paine argues is much better than the poor of a cultivated society. His basic point is that land was originally created by God and given to all human...
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