Mine mine mine. That was the curse and power of human beings-that what they saw and loved they had to have. They could share it with other people but only if they conceived of those people as being somehow their own. What we own is ours. What you own should also be ours. In fact, you own nothing, if we want it. Because you are nothing. We are the real people, you are only posing as people in order to try to deprive us of what God means us to have.
The quote from "Shadow of the Giant" by Orson Scott Card highlights a deep human desire for possession and belonging. It suggests that people have an inherent need to claim what they see and love, leading to a possessive attitude towards relationships and resources. The idea is that love and ownership are intertwined; individuals may share their possessions, but only if they perceive others as extensions of themselves. This possessiveness can...