• ChonkyOwlbear@lemmy.world
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      2 days ago

      If we are applying it to the US, I would say Native Americans. Originally, this law was because land could only be leased for at most 50 years. It could not be sold. That feels appropriate since most , if not all, Native American groups didn’t consider the land to be something that could be owned.

    • TraipsersWill@lemmy.world
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      2 days ago

      A mat of single-celled organisms, that floated on a shallow sea over what is now Nebraska, 3.5 billion years ago.

    • chaogomu@lemmy.world
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      2 days ago

      In ancient times? The king.

      Maybe not the original owner, but good luck arguing that when the soldiers come to evict you.