[rayiner]

You know what's also artificial? This whole idea that I can file a claim with the county clerk to a particular area of the Earth, and from thenceforth I don't have to defend my territory like every other animal on the planet--other people will do it for me with government sanction and at taxpayer expense.

[anonymoushn]

In my state we cannot own land. We must rent it from a gang. I believe the rent is called "Property tax."

[rayiner]

Better than the state of nature, where you don't "own" land, just control it until another animal kills and eats you.