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I disagree.

It's not so much that people owned everything in common at some point in the past. The point is that at some point everyone had an equal right to access and use natural resources. If someone comes along and claims to own some resource, say a piece of land, then others lose their right to use that land. That's where the problem arises.

If I take over some resource and you lose your right to use it, what do I owe you in compensation? That's the question.

I don't think Nozick really answers that question. I think I owe you something unless, as Locke said, there is enough left over for you.