Land makes everyone insecure except the state and its cronies
I grew up in a country with a weird land regime, where we have a mix of ownership types that guarantees maximum insecurity for everybody except the state and the state’s cronies. PHOTO | FILE | NMG
I do not believe people can own land. I believe that land conceives us into this life and receives us when we go. And that we forget that at our own peril.
So, how is your week? It’s a strange time, isn’t it, watching Russia’s President Vladimir Putin and an assortment of Nato heads of state back-and-forth about whether or not the 2022 invasion of the Ukraine is going to happen. The due date for this apocalyptic event was February 16. As of writing this, so far, so quiet.
