9. The Free Territory
2/29/24Of this world, we are finite. We are the subjects to that great power which exists beyond ourselves and lords over us. We are the humble custodians of that vast infinitude, those who shape and demure it and the only ones who can refurbish it. We are not owners of this territory, we are not the kings of this realm. We owe it to posterity to provide for it now, that the legatees become the legators, and the legacy of the earth be passed on.
The Free Territory is the land without rule, upon which no claim can be staked as no owner can be permanently decreed. This land is finite and can not possibly be owned by one nor by many, nay this world can not be owned by all, and so it must be owned by none. This world may be temporarily captive by those arrogant enough to seek its dominion, but there are none so mighty as to resist the tide of death and the forward march of time. No man may inherit the earth.
Functionally, the Free Territory is the interstitial land, the lands upon which the people of the earth live. The Legion protects the Free Territory and the right of those inhabitants to live freely, not subject to any compulsory rule below God, that they may freely choose to participate as they wish, and should they choose not, to live undisturbed and subject to the natural law.
The Natural Law and the Law of the Commons
- Natural law, God’s law, the law of the earth: War.
- Law of the Commons: the social contract(s)
- Respond to Rousseau
The Legion and the Free Territory
- property rights of legiondom, why no man may inherit the earth.
The Legion and the State
- compare/contrast the national-territorial polity and legiondom.