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diff --git a/content/posts/collective-ownership.md b/content/posts/collective-ownership.md deleted file mode 100644 index 7f344d5..0000000 --- a/content/posts/collective-ownership.md +++ /dev/null @@ -1,65 +0,0 @@ ---- -title: "Collective Ownership" -date: 2022-11-08 -draft: true -lang: en -categories: [ blog ] -tags: [] -translationKey: "Collective-Ownership" ---- - -so a few weeks back i heard of this term "collective land ownership" and i -think y'all might be interested in how it's different from or similar to law -wherever you are - -## LAW - -in vietnamese civil law, land (along with water, sea, sky, and other natural -resources) is a property collectively owned by the people (Article 197, Civil -Law 2015) - -because if *everyone* collectively uses that however they want, as they can -with personal properties, it would be messy and chaotic, the law also states -that the State is the one and only representative owner and can exercises -ownership on these properties. (Article 198, Civil Law 2015) - -ok so how do you get some land to build houses or grow a farm? the State will -assign the *permission to use* to the users of the land (Article 4, Land on Law -2013). this permission to use can be revoked at any time for various reasons, -one of which is "to improve economy and society for the national and public -benefits" (Article 16, Land on Law 2013). to my understanding, this means the -State can take your land, where you are living, to build a road or a factory or -a farm, because that is "public benefits", or even [golf courts][golf], because -it "improves economy". you will be compensated for that or assigned another -piece of land (relocation), though (Clause 3, Article 26, Land on Law 2013) but -in reality it's not always that smooth - -[golf]: https://vietnamnet.vn/vuong-san-golf-dan-bo-hoang-ruong-vuon-36343.html - -"this is putting too much power to the state", you're probably thinking, and i -would agree. i sure hope they don't abuse that power. - ---- - -## HISTORY - -in the 1950s, the vietnamese communist party (VCP) did a radical land reform, -taking land from landlords and assign it to the people. it is probably one of -the biggest part of the communist revolution. finally gaining ~~ownership~~^W -permission to use a piece of land of their own, people were happy, especially -farmers, who had worked like slave for landlords at insignificant wage. -however, many of them ended up selling back lands to landlords because they're -not hard-working enough (?) (according to some old people who witnessed this -era) - -nowadays, it may be better than before land reform, we still have people who -don't own any land, and corporations and conglomerates that own a lot of land. -there are landlords (but we don't call them landlords) whose main income is -monthly rent, and there are workers who work on pieces of land where they do -not ~~own~~^W have permission to use - ---- - -note that i am not a lawyer so the legal terms as well as the deduction might -be inaccurate. this post is not an opposition to VCP or a suggestion to change -the law |