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| '''Property is theft!''' is a slogan coined by the ] ] ] in his book '']''. | |||
| Taken at face value, "Property is theft!" appears to be an ], because theft, by definition, means depriving someone of his property. However, Proudhon had his own specialized definition of property in ''What is Property''. By property, he was referring to government-granted title to idle and unoccupied land. Proudhon opposed the idea of an individual owning land that he was not using, as this would enable him to charge rent to others and thereby by paid without laboring. In addition to opposing individual ownership of idle land, he opposed the idea of community ownership as well: "instead of inferring from this that property should be shared by all, I demand, as a measure of general security, its entire abolition." For Proudhon, individuals may rightfully "occupy and use" land, but not restrict others from using land (or charging rent to use land) that they are not themselves putting to use. | |||
| Proudhon used the term ] to describe his vision of a society where individuals and democratic workers associations could trade their produce on the market. In this system, he supposes exchange value to be determined by the amount of labor required to produce a commodity, in line with the ]. | |||
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