Comment Re:Time (Score 1) 709
Wow, someone on Slashdot quoting Proudhon. That's...uncommon.
Have you read Locke? Everything belongs to God, or everyone, if you like, but when someone puts their work into something, the portion of what is produced that can be ascribed to their work is theirs. If I cut down a tree, it's only slightly mine, because I did the work to cut it down, which isn't much. If I make a chair out of it, it's more mine, hence I can sell a chair for more than I can sell firewood.
Here's a reference: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Locke#Theory_of_value_and_property