Political theory lacks a compelling account of public property. Addressing this gap, I present a “deep public ownership” model, according to which the body politic ultimately owns all the resources within its jurisdiction. I argue that this model is compatible with liberal intuitions regarding private property. I then contend that the model expands the scope of government’s duty to uphold the equality of all citizens, by challenging private property constraints on antidiscriminatory government policies. I anticipate the worry that the model supports excessive government intrusion into private affairs. I close by discussing abuse of public property by elected leaders.

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公有制理念

政治理论缺乏对公共财产的令人信服的解释。针对这一差距，我提出了一种“深度公有制”模型，根据该模型，政治机构最终拥有其管辖范围内的所有资源。我认为这个模型与关于私有财产的自由主义直觉是兼容的。然后，我认为该模型通过挑战反歧视政府政策对私有财产的限制，扩大了政府维护所有公民平等的职责范围。我预计该模型会支持政府过度干预私人事务。我最后讨论民选领导人滥用公共财产。