[quote]LIFTICVSMAXIMVS wrote:
rainjack wrote:
Who said it was the US’s “inherent right”? The one that does the extracting of a natural resource takes the risk of failure, and gets the bulk of the reward.
No shit, Sherlock! My originally reply was to HH’s comment: "oil belongs to those who discover it aand develop the fields.
HH made it seem as if property was something other than contractual agreement.
Then you start speaking to me about risk. I know full well what risk implies. You, however, do not.
If I have a contract to extract oil from under your land, and I get 75% of the oil for my efforts - I am getting royally fucked if a government nationalizes that well, and keeps the money that is contractually obligated to me.
Well, that is a risk, isn’t it?!
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You really aren’t very bright. Sorry for disturbing you. Go back to your regularly scheduled fantasy.