“The concept of individual property rights was constructed by the bourgeoisie/or

—“The concept of individual property rights was constructed by the bourgeoisie/organizing-class as justification for permission from monarchs to seek opportunities (initially at the great expense of the aristocracy, and later at the expense of the commons).

The concept of human rights was constructed (post-war) as marketing to the decolonized ‘developing world,’ as a means of seeking allies against the threat of communism.

The problem, in both cases, is that we believe our own propaganda.”—James Augustus Berens