“The first man who, having fenced in a piece of land, said This is mine', and found people naïve
enough to believe him, that man was the true founder of civil society. From how many crimes,
wars, and murders, from how many horrors and misfortunes might not any one have saved
mankind, by pulling up the stakes, or filling up the ditch, and crying to his fellows: Beware of
listening to this impostor, you are undone if you once forget that the fruits of the earth belong to
us all, and the earth itself to nobody.”
What is Rosseau saying?
Do you agree or disagree?