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Accordingly, a natural right to self-ownership should not undermine the equal right of others to self-ownership. However, it is potentially undermined by disproportionate appropriation by others, which imposes dependence and subordination on people, who end up with no or little ownership. So, arguably, a natural right to self-ownership requires an equally strong right to share natural resources in order for it to be protected and preserved. Furthermore, just as you cannot give up your natural right to self-ownership, you also cannot give up your natural right to an equitable sharing of natural resources. This implies that regardless of whether people end up with less than their fair share, through brute luck or their own responsibility, they have an inviolable right to an equitable share of the world's natural resources. This may not entail a right to natural physical resources, but a right to something that protects and preserves their self-ownership to at least the same extent, for example through redistributive taxation. (Steiner, 2009,