When incentive to acquire and obtain property is gone, people no longer make efforts to acquire any. . … - Ibn Khaldun

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Ibn Khaldun

When incentive to acquire and obtain property is gone, people no longer make efforts to acquire any. . . Those who infringe upon property rights commit an injustice. . . If this occurs repeatedly, all incentives to cultural enterprise are destroyed and they cease utterly to make an effort. This leads to destruction and ruin of civilization.

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