[__MatrixMan__]

Those property rights exist because the locals consent to them. If the landlords' behavior undermines that consent then it only makes sense that the locals would revoke the property rights.

How else, besides continued maintenance of that consent, would property rights get their legitimacy?

[Nasrudith]

Under that logic your breathing is a matter of their continued consent and lynch mobs are an expression of a democratic society. Protection of minority rights is an important function in government.